Background: The historic, one-of-a-kind conference "From Ideology to Inclusion: Evidence-Based Policy and Intervention in Domestic Violence" was held in Sacramento, California February 15-16 and was a major success. The conference was sponsored by the California Alliance for Families and Children and featured leading domestic violence authorities from around the world.
Many of these researchers...
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Background: A couple weeks ago I wrote:
"The Super Bowl ads in general were pretty fair to men this year, but there was one major exception--Pepsi's 'Magnetic Attraction' commercial. According to the MySpace Super Bowl ads description:
"'The Pepsi Stuff promo shows Justin Timberlake being drawn toward a woman and somehow pulled through space, off the...
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When Mugabe does it, he always does it big, real big. His largess is often so breathtaking that most find it hard to comprehend, let alone digest. He’s doing it again. First it was Gukurahundi where he oversaw the slaughter of at least 20,000 people in the Matabeleland and the Midlands Provinces. He used...
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Lacking the votes to restrict wiretapping by the executive branch, Democrats are instead trying to do it through the backdoor by punishing telephone companies Source: Wall Street Journal. Stiff Right Jab responds: The Wall Street Journal summarizes its position: We’ve long held that a President doesn’t need a court order under the Constitution to...
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Background: The historic, one-of-a-kind conference "From Ideology to Inclusion: Evidence-Based Policy and Intervention in Domestic Violence" was held in Sacramento, California February 15-16 and was a major success. The conference was sponsored by the California Alliance for Families and Children and featured leading domestic violence authorities from around the world.
Many of these researchers...
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Today is a day of celebration in Kosovo, as the ethnic Albanians declared independence from Kosovo this past weekend. World reaction has been mixed. Great Britain, France, Germany, and the United States have all supported the move towards independence, while Russia, China, and Spain have all rejected it. That should make us feel pretty...
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As any faithful reader of old Superman comics will tell you, one of Superman’s nemeses was Bizarro. For those of you who have lives, Bizarro was a backwards version of Superman from a planet known as Bizarro World. On Bizarro World, everything was the opposite of the way things were on Earth. Up was...
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Below are some recent articles and items of interest from Fathers & Families' latest News Digest.
The path to an amicable divorce (Times Online, 2-13-08)
Radio station giving away free divorce (Associated Press, 2-13-08)
Valentine's Day is a big day for divorce in the Valley (Arizona Republic, 2-13-08)
Bill to allow same-sex divorce to be introduced (Providence Journal,...
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After the recognition of Kosovo as an independent state by the U.S. government, the Serbian ambassador to the U.S. was recalled today as a protest to this decision. Serbia says it will do the same to all countries that treat Serbia’s breakaway as a state, prime minister Vojislav Kostunica says. “We ordered the urgent...
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A suicide bombing attack on a Canadian military convoy in Spin Boldak, Afghanistan killed 34 Afghan civilians, and wounded four Canadian soldiers. Taliban has claimed responsibility for the attack. “A white Toyota Corolla car rammed the second vehicle in the convoy as it passed through the bazaar,” said Abdul Hakim, who witnessed the attack....
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The approach of President’s Day led me to reflect on one of America’s most extraordinary Presidents, the first President to ever resign the office, Richard Milhous Nixon. It also led me to reflect on the truth that there is an odd way Bill and Hillary Clinton echo Richard and Pat Nixon: the Nixon marriage,...
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Background: The historic, one-of-a-kind conference "From Ideology to Inclusion: Evidence-Based Policy and Intervention in Domestic Violence" was held in Sacramento, California February 15-16 and was a major success. The conference was sponsored by the California Alliance for Families and Children and featured leading domestic violence authorities from around the world.
Many of these researchers...
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The website WikiLeaks.org has been taken off line in many parts of the world. Wikileaks is a website dedicated to leaking documents that are “anonymous, untraceable, uncensorable.” Several factors have taken the site off line including DDoS attacks, which was followed by a fire which took out the main servers hosting the site in...
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A day after declaring independence from Serbia, Kosovo is hoping for recognition from the global community, especially the European Union and the United States. “We expect to be recognized by the first countries any minute,” said Prime Minister Hashim Thaci to his cabinet. Most of the EU’s 27 member nations are expected to recognize...
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Space Shuttle Atlantis today undocked from the International Space Station, beginning its return to Earth. The Shuttle, which had been visiting the station for mission STS-122, delivering the Columbus laboratory to the orbital outpost. Undocking occurred at 09:24 GMT, after connecting hatches between the spacecraft were closed at 18:03 GMT yesterday evening. Atlantis is...
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In a delayed poll the Pakistani vote for a new parliament today. The election was originally scheduled for January 8, but the assassination of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto in Rawalpindi on December 27, 2007 forced a delay. The elections had a slow start at 8 a.m. (0300 GMT), as fears of violence kept...
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Volunteers and interested people could visit the Belgian Indymedia headquarters in Brussels on Sunday during their second open door day. Around 100 people came to hear about the organization’s evolution during 2007 and what’s coming up for 2008. A book about citizen journalism, with contributions from both mainstream journalists and several alternative media experts,...
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Feb. 23 – Mar. 2, 2008 Meet me at the Texas Concealed Handgun Assn. annual meeting in Kerrville, followed by a barnstorm through San Antonio, Houston, Austin, and ending in Dallas at the Texas State Rifle Assn. annual meeting. Join author Chris Bird and me at a special event of the Second Amendment Academy...
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The lamestream media told you: The Patriots will play the Giants at the Superbowl in Glendale, Arizona. See eight pages of coverage inside. The Uninvited Ombudsman notes however that: Even though I am a football fan, it has become intolerable to see newspapers everywhere give more coverage to an opiate for the masses (coliseum...
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The lamestream media told you: Al Gore, in an effort to reduce global warming and help save the planet, buys “carbon offsets” to compensate for his “carbon footprint” and reduce the “net carbon emissions” generated by his 26,000 square foot home and frequent jet trips around the world to speaking engagements. This makes Gore’s...
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