Article here. How about getting rid of alimony altogether, or is that too rad an idea? Excerpt:

'FAMILY law reform is gaining momentum in New York State: last month lawmakers legalized same-sex marriage, while last year they adopted no-fault divorce, allowing couples to end a marriage without a demonstration of wrongdoing. In separate legislation adopted at the same time, New York also became one of the few states to adopt a formula for setting certain alimony awards, making them fairer and predictable. The rest of the country should do the same.

According to the Internal Revenue Service, former spouses pay around $9 billion in alimony each year. The amounts and payment schedules are usually decided by family court judges using a list of factors, including the length of the marriage, the ages and health of the spouses, their financial situations, their earning potential and their contributions to the marriage, financial and otherwise.

Story here. Nine years later. Amazing timing. Excerpt:

'PARIS (Reuters) - A French writer will file a legal complaint against former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn on Tuesday alleging that he tried to rape her during an incident nine years ago, her lawyer told Reuters Monday.

The move comes just as a U.S. case against Strauss-Kahn on charges of attempted rape and sexual assault of a hotel maid seems close to collapse after prosecutors acknowledged she had lied under oath and changed her story.

The turnabout in the New York case has prompted some calls for the former Socialist finance minister to make a political comeback in France.

Lawyer David Koubbi said the complaint by Tristane Banon, 32, would relate to an incident that took place when she went to interview Strauss-Kahn, a former French finance minister, in an apartment in Paris. She was 22 at the time.

"Tristane Banon will file a complaint Tuesday for attempted rape in Paris," Koubbi said.

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Men’s Matters has returned after a 4 month break due to political matters. Listen online at 93.7 Express FM (Listen Again) at: http://www.expressfm.com/player/od/#. Although the June edition went out live on 28th June, the Feb. one is what is available at the moment. To hear it, click on the Mens Matters icon and then again when it is in the window. The show lasts about 45 minutes.

The February edition:

· A discussion with a man who lost his daughter to his abusive ex-partner. He will be giving his views on the devastating effect on fatherlessness
· Comments on Women and Trust
· Comedy sketch: Ali G vs Naomi Wolf
· Idris Francis critic of Association of Chief Police Officers
· The UK coalition government’s betrayal of men through the imposition of Go Orders – direct influence by feminists or not?

James Williams
Men’s Matters
Express FM

Article here. Not that much different from why men cheat, are they? And, women are no less likely to cheat than men, according to this other article. Excerpt:

'You’ve probably heard that men cheat for physical reasons, women for emotional reasons. Sure, there’s some truth to that, but when we asked real women around the country to share why they strayed from their boyfriends, we learned they had a whole host of explanations — from bad kissing to sheer revenge. Read on for the truth about why women have given in to temptation.

Article here. And the race is on (not too surprisingly, found on MSN.com) to question the credibility of those questioning the credibility of the accuser in the Strauss-Khan case. Next of course is an effort to question the questioning of the questioning. Try to keep up. Only way not to get so confused in the shuffle is to stick to facts: she was lying about when and where she was after the alleged attack, and was caught discussing the ways she hoped to make money off the accusation with a boyfriend who was in jail for moving dope. And still, some doubt the doubters? This is called 'nymphotropism in action' for those looking for a phrase to describe it. Excerpt:

Article here. Excerpt:

'I agree that Dominque Strauss-Kahn, the former head of the International Monetary Fund is a scumbag, politically and probably personally as well.

However, in terms of the recent charges against him, the worst thing he may be guilty of is not choosing the right escort agency.

The New York Post has the story here: Maid cleaning up as ‘hooker’

For me the case gave off a stench that even the greenest rookie detective could smell. I know through my years as a detective and security consultant to a top hotel chain, that that big red “S” does not stand for “Sheraton”, (rather a more familiar three-letter word starting with “S” and ending with “x”) and hotels and hookers go together like coffee and cigarettes, usually with red lipstick found on the butts.

On this Independence Day week-end here in the US, many feminists would still have us believe that the Founding Fathers of the United States were simply "privileged oppressor white males" who decided paying taxes was too much to bear and for this reason started a hugely-destructive war all so they could live in continued comfort but without paying taxes. The truth is much different. Their reasons were laid out in the Declaration of Independence, so if anyone bothers to read it, they can find the reasons there. Now what happened to the Founding Fathers after the war started, that is another matter. Most people have no idea.

Article here. No mention of other factors, such as fear of divorce. Excerpt:

'Considering the state of the economy, it should come as no surprise that the ranks of the child-free are exploding. The Department of Agriculture reports that the average cost for a middle-income two-parent family to support a kid through high school is $286,050 (it's nearly half a million dollars for couples in higher tax brackets). ... Unless you're among the less than 2 percent of Americans who farm for a living and might conceivably rely on offspring for free labor, children have gone from being an economic asset to an economic liability.

Article here. A male celebrity making 'humorous' comments about savagely mutilating a woman would soon find himself persona non grata. I LOATHE the way certain women seem to think that male genitals are virtually disposable! To be destroyed at a whim. They seem to think that emasculation is no big deal. Excerpt:

'Sharon Osbourne would 'chop' Arnold Schwarzenegger's penis off if he were her husband.

The 58-year-old TV star has claimed the former Governor of California ' who fathered a son with his employee Mildred Baena 13 years ago, despite being married to Maria Shriver ' should be more respectful to his family and says she would have removed his manhood and forced Mildred to clean it up.
...
"I would have chopped his willy (penis) off. Arnie's willy would have been down the disposal unit spinning around, that's where it'd be - and I'd make her clean it up. That mop would have been wrapped around her head."'

Link here. Excerpt:

'The fiancée of a wealthy UK lawyer did not tell his family he had died of a heart attack, because she claimed he had wanted to keep his death secret, a court has heard.

The family of Owen Davies, 45, went four months without knowing he had died in Paris after his Belgian fiancée Natalie de Vleeschauwer allegedly gave them the impression he was still alive, the Daily Mail reported.

"Not this year. There’s a problem. I will explain later," a message sent from Mr Davies' phone replied.
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Ms de Vleeschauwer has also refused to disclose the location of Mr Davies' ashes.'

Article here. So does he get his old job back? Does he get his chance at becoming the president of France again? No and no. Another man destroyed by false allegations. Wonder if the many feminists and their supporters will now write mea culpa columns to go with their attack-writings of the not-so-recent past. Answer again is: No. And the new head of the IMF quipped that it is better that a woman be in such a position because women "make better leaders". Well we know for sure of one woman who doesn't make a very good liar: that is the false accuser in this case. Excerpt:

'The sexual assault case against Dominique Strauss-Kahn is on the verge of collapse as investigators have uncovered major holes in the credibility of the housekeeper who charged that he attacked her in his Manhattan hotel suite in May, according to two well-placed law enforcement officials.

Although forensic tests found unambiguous evidence of a sexual encounter between Mr. Strauss-Kahn, a French politician, and the woman, prosecutors do not believe much of what the accuser has told them about the circumstances or about herself.

Story here. Excerpt:

'TWO English schoolgirls, along with their mother, brother and his girlfriend have been accused of using bricks to kill their granddad to get their inheritance early. The Daily Mail reported that they allegedly searched the Internet for 'the easiest way to kill an old person.'

The sisters aged 14 and 15, their 48-year-old mother, 18-year-old brother and also his 16-year-old girlfriend. Their 89-year-old granddad was suffering from dementia.
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The jury was told that the 89-year-old man had given his adopted daughter lavish gifts, including a car, in the months leading up to the attack but that she was not prepared to wait for her inheritance

So, when he stepped outside he was set upon by his grandson and then hit by his granddaughters who were 'armed with bricks' in plastic bags. After the alleged attack, one of the granddaughters phoned 999 and said the pensioner had slipped and fallen.'

Article here. Excerpt:

'Personal stories told with passion are the mark of fathers who decry the role the legal system has played in their families’ lives.

Fathers’ rights activists make headlines from time to time. Their actions can be silly, as in the case of British activists who periodically dress as comic book superheroes and scale public buildings. Or, they can be tragic, as in Thomas J. Ball’s recent public suicide outside the Cheshire County Court House in Keene.
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Peter G. Hill, a spokesman for the Massachusetts Fatherhood Coalition, lays out his group’s legislative agenda: shared custody laws, stricter requirements for issuing restraining orders, and reform to child support policies that can land cash-strapped fathers in jail.
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In 2002, New Hampshire established its Commission on the Status of Men, the only panel of its kind in the country.

Story here. Excerpt:

'CHICAGO - A CHICAGO woman is accused of strapping her baby's corpse into a sling and taking him shopping after killing the three-month old in a drunken rage, local media reported on Wednesday.

Ken Blackman Jr had been dead for eight to 14 hours when the woman wrapped up her shopping trip and went to visit a neighbour, who noticed blood on the baby blanket and called 911.

Prosecutors told the Chicago Sun Times that Toyrianna Smith, 20, beat and suffocated her baby because he wouldn't stop crying on June 22.'

Article here. This is why I don't subscribe to Time magazine. How utterly stupid. This inane anti-male bigotry seems to have no end in the liberal mainstream media. Excerpt:

'Recently in the Wall Street Journal, MarketWatch columnist David Weidner noted that women "do almost everything better" than men — from politics to corporate management to investing.

Weidner cites a new study by Barclays Wealth and Ledbury Research, which found that women were more likely than men to make money in the market, mostly because they didn't take as many risks. And why are they risk-averse? Because they're not as overconfident as men, the study found.'