Petition here. Excerpt:

'* In America, a woman is abused by her male partner EVERY 15 SECONDS.
* In America, a man is abused by his female partner EVERY 15 SECONDS.
* 75% of victims killed by their partners are women...24% are men
* There are hundreds of battered women's shelters in the U.S.
* There are ZERO shelters for abused men. Male victims are redirected to homeless shelters.'

Blog entry here. Excerpt:

'F & F’s Glenn Sacks debated the new dad-bashing ‘Married Single Moms’ survey on MSNBC Live on Friday, June 17.

The survey’s promoters, ForbesWoman.com and TheBump.com, claim in their highly-publicized press release that many mothers feel their husbands do so little that, though married, they’re really like single mothers who have to do all the work.

To watch the debate, click here.

In the show’s opening we’re told that 92% of mothers feel “overwhelmed” and 70% resent their husbands. Alison Bernstein, Senior Editor of TheBump.com, then explained that “even working moms feel like they’re taking the majority of work on their shoulders.”'

Article here. Excerpt:

'When I was growing up it was widely believed that colleges and universities were the part of our society with the widest scope for free expression and free speech. In the conformist America of the 1950s, the thinking ran, few people dared to say anything that went beyond a broad consensus. But on campus anyone could say anything he liked.

Today we live in an America with enormous cultural variety in which very few things are considered universally verboten. But on campus it's different. There saying something considerably milder than some of the double entrendres you heard in cable news coverage of the Anthony Weiner scandal can get you into big trouble.
...

Lukianoff and FIRE have an admirable record of defending students' and faculty members' free speech regardless of their point of view, but anyone familiar with their work knows that the most frequent targets of campus disciplinary groups are male, conservative, religious or some combination thereof.

Article here. Note: When opening the link, you may be presented with an aggressive request to subscribe and no clear way to dismiss the dialog box. The way to get rid of it is to click the link that says you are already a subscriber, then use your browser's Back button to return to the page. Excerpt:

'The current mentality forwarded today is that feminists don’t bash men. That’s just something angry males say when faced with the undeniable logic forwarded by the women’s movements. If you are a reasonable male and wish to avoid an argument you will keep your eyes forward and just nod in agreement. The first problem with such a statement is that it is seldom placed to scrutiny with how feminists truly act. Second, these kinds of propositions are almost always void of half of humanity’s thoughts on the issue. Yep, very few men other than the occasional token male academic feminist get to chime in on the subject.

Link to article here. Excerpt:

'The 30-year-old bride followed her husband to a nearby hotel where she pushed him and bit his left shoulder.

The fight continued at the couple's home, where she ripped off his shirt and bit him again on his right arm, Broward County Court heard.

Mr Keeler asked Judge John Hurley for leniency, stating his wife may have been drunk at the time of the attack.

"For newlyweds, this is not starting things off on the right foot, for sure," Judge Hurley said.

"I hope this is a small bump in the road and you two can iron it all out and have a nice long life together."'

Link to article here. Excerpt:

'A New York woman beat her five-year-old son to death after he broke their television, police allege.

Kim Crawford, 21, was charged with murder after she allegedly smacked her son Jamar on the back and stomach, lacerating his pancreas and intestine in the process, the NY Daily News reported.
...
The boy vomited and complained of agonising pain for five days before Crawford decided to seek medical help, fearing she would be arrested if she took him to hospital.'

From SAVE:

Following a 10-year battle to clear his good name, Thomas Ball took his own life on June 15, 2011 in front of the Cheshire County, New Hampshire courthouse. He killed himself by lighting himself on fire. Ball was a 21-year military veteran with no prior history of violence.

The saga began when Ball physically disciplined his child, cutting her lip. CPS warned the mother, Karen Ball, to report the incident to the police, or face a child abuse charge. The police department mistakenly classified the action as "domestic violence" and arrested the man.

With a divorce now imminent, everything seemed to go downhill. Out of a job since 2009 and now facing a jail sentence for falling behind on child support payments, Thomas Ball felt he had run out of options.

An article about this tragic event can be read at

http://freekeene.com/2011/06/16/thomas-james-ball-self-immolated-in-protest-of-the-justice-system/

Review here. Excerpt:

'Mara Hvistendahl is worried about girls. Not in any political, moral or cultural sense but as an existential matter. She is right to be. In China, India and numerous other countries (both developing and developed), there are many more men than women, the result of systematic campaigns against baby girls. In "Unnatural Selection," Ms. Hvistendahl reports on this gender imbalance: what it is, how it came to be and what it means for the future.

In nature, 105 boys are born for every 100 girls. This ratio is biologically ironclad. Between 104 and 106 is the normal range, and that's as far as the natural window goes. Any other number is the result of unnatural events.

From an OIG mailing-list email I received a few minutes ago.

Could the circumcision-as-HIV/AIDS-preventative lobby be about to implode on itself?

As usual, please forward to anyone who may be able to pursue or make use of this information.

"Review of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Oversight of the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief Funds for Fiscal Years 2007 Through 2009 (A-04-10-04006)"

http://oig.hhs.gov/oas/reports/region4/41004006.pdf (1.6 MB)

Excerpt:

'Our review found that CDC did not always monitor recipients’ use of President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) funds in accordance with departmental and other Federal requirements. CDC implements PEPFAR, working with ministries of health and other public health partners to combat HIV/AIDS by strengthening health systems and building sustainable HIV/AIDS programs in more than 75 countries in Africa, Asia, Central and South America, and the Caribbean. HHS receives PEPFAR funds from the Department of State through a memorandum of agreement.

Link to posting here. Excerpt:

' * Centre for Work + Life, Magill Campus
* Part time (0.8 FTE), 4 year contract
* Total remuneration package: $80K - $95K pro rata

Put your qualifications and experience into practice by conducting research and providing day-to-day management for the ARC Discovery project ‘From Margins to Mainstream: Gender Equality and Employment Regulation’.

Utilising your excellent research, interpersonal and organisational skills you will plan and oversee research activities, including analysing relevant regulation, case law and policy across Australia, Canada, The Netherlands and the United Kingdom, and manage project deadlines and stakeholder relationships.

As part of the Work, Gender Equality and Regulation research program at this high performing research centre, you will develop and write high level academic publications, conduct literature searches in multi-disciplinary databases and disseminate project findings in public and stakeholder forums and at academic conferences.

Article here. Excerpt:

'Editor's note: On Thursday morning, June 16, The Sentinel received a "last statement" via mail from a man who insinuated that he planned to set himself on fire in front of the Cheshire County Court House, and an explanation of why he intended to do so. Through further reporting, The Sentinel is confident this is from the victim of Wednesday afternoon's fire, although police have not yet received confirmation of his identity. The 15-page statement is printed in full, except for two redacted items: The names of the man's mother and his three children. Details will be posted as they become available.

Last Statement

by Tom Ball

A man walks up to the main door of the Keene N.H. County Courthouse, douses himself with gasoline and lights a match. And everyone wants to know why.

Apparently the old general was right. Death is not the worst of evil.

Article here. Excerpt:

'Two female prison workers have been suspended over claims that they held debauched sex parties with prisoners in their cells.

It is believed the women, one of whom has a young son, took part in a 'swinging circle', regularly swapping their partners who were inmates of the Camp Hill section of HMP Isle of Wight.

It is also alleged that one of the women met an inmate for sex at her house when he was allowed out on day release.'

News submitted by

Ulf Andersson
PappaRättsGruppen
http://www.dads-r-us.se/

Some information I came across through subscriptions to HHS and Office of Inspector General (OIG) mailing-lists that may not have been released elsewhere. It would appear that whether in their accounting standards or health statistics, a lax culture with regard to numbers and record-keeping is beginning to encroach on NIAID, and they are seeking to make this laxity the new standard. Please forward to anyone who may be interested in further pursuing or making use of this information.

"Appropriations Funding for National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Contract N01-AI-15416 With the University of California at San Francisco Audit (A-03-10-03120)". Link to OIG report:

http://oig.hhs.gov/oas/reports/region3/31003120.pdf (PDF file, 4.9M)

Excerpt:

Reference here.

Britain´s PM David Cameron:
”Runaway fathers are like drink-drivers”

David Cameron is also the leader of the Conservative Party, Tory.

In Sweden, mothers receive child benefit of 1.050:- SEK/GBP 95/USD 154 per child – each month. Our Primeminister Fredrik Reinfeldt, at that time in 2005 as the leader of the Swedish Conservative Party, Moderaterna, said: ”There are women who are separated from men with alcohol problems who, with this, could be forced to receive half the child benefit in order to finance continued alcohol abuse,” said Reinfeldt.”

Source:
The Local – Split child benefit ”unfair to mothers”

The issue of split child benefit is once again on the political agenda in Sweden.

Site here. Excerpt:

'Why take the President’s Fatherhood Pledge?

Fatherlessness is a growing crisis in America, one that undergirds many of the challenges that families are facing. When dads aren't around, young people are more likely to drop out of school, use drugs, be involved in the criminal justice system, and become young parents themselves.

President Obama grew up without his dad, and has said that being a father is the most important job he has. That's why the President is joining dads from across the nation in a fatherhood pledge – a pledge that we'll do everything we can to be there for our children and for young people whose fathers are not around. When you take the President's Fatherhood Pledge, you'll receive updates, tips and resources from fatherhood organizations, prominent dads and other supporters of responsible fatherhood around the nation.'