Archive for November, 2007

Men's Marriage Movement Strong in India

Friday, November 30th, 2007
Men's Marriage Movement Strong in India

Men and Marriage are very much alive in India. India has become a raucous battleground between radical feminists and marriage advocates in a very short time span. The Save Indian Family Foundation has approximately 8,000 members, which could make it the largest men’s and marriage organization in the world. In my... »

Posted in Culture, Domestic Violence, Family, Fatherhood, Feminism, Politics, Religion, Vox Populi | 22 Comments »

Minnesota oil pipeline explosion and fire kills two; oil rises $4 per barrel

Friday, November 30th, 2007

Global crude oil prices spiked by over US$4 per barrel yesterday after news came in that a major pipeline in Minnesota had exploded and caught fire, killing two workers. The pipeline carries oil from Saskatchewan, Canada to close to Chicago, United States, and this oil represents 16% of America’s total oil imports. The section of... »

Posted in Economics, NewsWax | No Comments »

Hostage taker surrenders peacefully at Hillary Clinton's New Hampshire campaign office

Friday, November 30th, 2007

A man claiming to have had a bomb is reported by WMUR to have surrendered peacefully at the campaign office of Senator Hillary Clinton in the small New Hampshire city of Rochester. Three individuals, which includes a child, were taken hostage and were later released without injury. Earlier reports stated that there might have been... »

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Hostage taker surrenders peacefully at Hillary Clinton’s New Hampshire campaign office

Friday, November 30th, 2007

A man claiming to have had a bomb is reported by WMUR to have surrendered peacefully at the campaign office of Senator Hillary Clinton in the small New Hampshire city of Rochester. Three individuals, which includes a child, were taken hostage and were later released without injury. Earlier reports stated that there might have been... »

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Amtrak train smashes freighter in Chicago

Friday, November 30th, 2007

An Amtrak train collided into a parked Norfolk Southern freight train in Chicago on Friday. 30 people were injured, five of them Amtrak personnel who were most seriously injured. Amtrak train 371, the Pere Marquette, started in Grand Rapids, Michigan and carried 193 people on board including six crew members. The train was in south... »

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Sudanese protesters demand death for British teacher

Friday, November 30th, 2007

Roughly 600 enraged Sudanese protesters, some armed with knives and sticks, converged on Khartoum’s Martyrs’ Square after Friday Prayers to demand the death of Gillian Gibbons, the British teacher jailed yesterday for allowing her class to call a teddy bear Mohammad. A number of prominent Sudanese clerics ignored government instructions not to inflame the situation,... »

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Three hostages released at Clinton campaign office

Friday, November 30th, 2007

A man claiming to have a bomb is holding at least one more hostage at the campaign office of Senator Hillary Clinton in the small New Hampshire city of Rochester. Three have since been released. The hostage taker is described as a man in his “40s with salt and pepper hair” and is known to... »

Posted in NewsWax | No Comments »

Science curriculum director resigns from Texas Education Agency

Friday, November 30th, 2007

Chris Comer resigned this month as the director of the science curriculum for the Texas Education Agency’s (TEA) director after more than nine years. Comer said her resignation was due to pressure from officials who claimed she had given the appearance of criticizing the teaching of intelligent design. According to documents obtained by the Austin... »

Posted in NewsWax, Politics | 5 Comments »

British teacher convicted of insulting Islam in Sudan

Friday, November 30th, 2007

Gillian Gibbons, the British teacher arrested in Sudan on Sunday for naming a teddy bear Muhammad, was charged on Wednesday, and tried, convicted, and sentenced yesterday to 15 days imprisonment for “insulting religion.” The 54-year-old mother of two avoided a possible 40 lashes, but will be deported at the end of her sentence, which... »

Posted in NewsWax, Religion | No Comments »

Motorcycle legend Evel Knievel Dead at 69

Friday, November 30th, 2007

Motorcycle legend Evel Knievel died Friday. He was 69 years old. Knievel’s daughter, Krysten Knievel, confirmed that he died as a result of diabetes and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. Knievel had a liver transplant in 1999 as a result of a Hepatitis C infection he had contracted from a blood transfusion. According to wikipedia, Robert... »

Posted in NewsWax | 2 Comments »

Feminist Blogger Ampersand Has a Point About Girls’ Doll

Friday, November 30th, 2007
Feminist Blogger Ampersand Has a Point About Girls’ Doll

Prominent feminist blogger Ampersand (aka Barry Deutsch), a longtime critic of the men's and fathers' movement, including of yours truly, has an interesting post about a new girls' doll, and I find myself sympathizing with his argument. Feminists often complain about the body images the media gives to women and girls. In general, I've... »

Posted in Vox Populi | 4 Comments »

‘The assistant district attorney started reading me the riot act as if I were a piece of pond scum’

Friday, November 30th, 2007
‘The assistant district attorney started reading me the riot act as if I were a piece of pond scum’

"The assistant district attorney started reading me the riot act as if I were a piece of pond scum...When I informed her that I had already paid the arrears, she told me I was lying and that I was going to jail. I stood my ground and demanded that they recheck their records...After yelling... »

Posted in Vox Populi | 7 Comments »

Teddy bear tantrum in Khartoum

Friday, November 30th, 2007

If you happened to come in on the middle of a news report and saw an angry club- and knife-wielding mob of thousands in a city somewhere and they were chanting “No tolerance: Execution” and “Kill her, kill her by firing squad,” and you knew absolutely nothing about the circumstances, what would you think?... »

Posted in Vox Populi | 3 Comments »

Native American Reader Fires Back at Immigrant Bashers

Friday, November 30th, 2007
Native American Reader Fires Back at Immigrant Bashers

Recently hero father Manuel Jesus Cordova Soberanes gave up his attempt to come to the United States and instead turned himself over to the Border Patrol, all to save the life of a injured nine-year-old American boy. Cordova found the boy wandering in the Arizona desert after the boy's mother was killed in a... »

Posted in Vox Populi | 9 Comments »

Santa Cruz Sheriff Says Illegals Aren't 'Criminals'?

Friday, November 30th, 2007
Santa Cruz Sheriff Says Illegals Aren't 'Criminals'?

The AP has used the somewhat heartwarming tale of an illegal alien who found an American boy and his mother suffering from a car accident in the Arizona desert and stayed with them until help arrived as an excuse to plead that illegals aren’t “criminals” and should somehow be given a break. The AP... »

Posted in Media, Vox Populi | No Comments »

Santa Cruz Sheriff Says Illegals Aren’t ‘Criminals’?

Friday, November 30th, 2007
Santa Cruz Sheriff Says Illegals Aren’t ‘Criminals’?

The AP has used the somewhat heartwarming tale of an illegal alien who found an American boy and his mother suffering from a car accident in the Arizona desert and stayed with them until help arrived as an excuse to plead that illegals aren’t “criminals” and should somehow be given a break. The AP... »

Posted in Current Events, Media, Vox Populi | 2 Comments »

Alimony to the murderous mom and child support to the female rapist: Franz Kafka, real life has outdone ya

Friday, November 30th, 2007

As many readers of Men’s News Daily are already aware, a New Jersey appeals court recently ruled that an ex-wife who brutally killed the son she had with her ex-husband does not automatically lose the right to collect alimony from him. Linda Calbi is currently in prison, serving a 3-year term for beating her 14-year-old... »

Posted in Child Support & Custody, Culture, Current Events, Domestic Violence, Economics, Family, Fatherhood, Judicial Activism, Men and Mating, Psychology, Society, Vox Populi, Weird | 14 Comments »

Henry J. Hyde: A True Statesman and a Constitutional Steward

Friday, November 30th, 2007

“I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well... »

Posted in Vox Populi | No Comments »

‘Fathers typically have to go through mom if they want to become more involved in their kids’ lives’

Thursday, November 29th, 2007
‘Fathers typically have to go through mom if they want to become more involved in their kids’ lives’

"Minnesota's Voluntary Recognition of Parentage form, which establishes a legal relationship between father and child when the parents are not married to each other, spells out dads' rights in black and white: 'When a child is born to parents who are not married to each other the law gives custody of the child to... »

Posted in Vox Populi | No Comments »

Child Abuse In Norway: Predominantly Mothers

Thursday, November 29th, 2007
Child Abuse In Norway: Predominantly Mothers

Since North Americans rarely get the truth about domestic violence in European countries, the following translated article about child abuse in Norway is unusual to see. Norway is supposed to be one of the safest places on earth to live. Despite all the feminism and socialization endemic to the countries in that... »

Posted in Vox Populi | 8 Comments »

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