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Friday 4 April 2008

Archive for the 'government' Category

Canada may scrap the penny; legislator calls it “an expensive nuisance”

Friday 4 April 2008 @ 3:19 pm

Pat Martin of the opposition New Democrats said it cost Canada C$130 million ($127 million) to produce 1.2 billion pennies last year, largely because so few of the small coins are actually circulated.

Comments (0) | Posted in economics, government

Children of the State

Wednesday 5 March 2008 @ 3:42 pm

“There is no such thing as other people’s children.” — Hillary Clinton

Comments (0) | Posted in Fathers, Feminista, government, sex politics, society

Female Sex Offenders

Wednesday 6 February 2008 @ 10:30 am

Sexual abuse by women of children and teens is a subject most parents and caregivers are not familiar with. Female sexual predators go unreported because of a lack of awareness by the public.

Comments (1) | Posted in Feminista, Political Correctness, Skank Culture, completely insane, crime + punishment, government, human nature, psychology, society

Video: do boys and girls learn better when they are apart?

Thursday 17 January 2008 @ 10:21 am

Video: do boys and girls learn better when they are apart?

Comments (0) | Posted in education, government, health, human nature, sex and metropolis

Canada: The Liberals’ new ‘Pink Book’ would encourage more bias against men

Friday 14 December 2007 @ 10:21 am

The Liberal Women’s Caucus — the 21 female Liberal MPs headed by Belinda Stronach, — is attempting to woo women voters with its recently released Pink Book, Volume II. The biggest head-line-grabber of its many policy prescriptions was that the Divorce Act should be amended. This suggestion may make the Liberals lose as many male votes as they gain female votes. In fact, when the ramifications are explained to Canadian women, they too may find the proposals repugnant enough to reject.

Comments (0) | Posted in bias, government

CU agrees to pay $2.85M over Title IX lawsuit

Thursday 6 December 2007 @ 11:18 am

An era of investigation and intense scrutiny of the University of Colorado - sparked by a booze- fueled night of illicit sex - officially ended Wednesday with a $2.85 million settlement of a long- running federal lawsuit.

Comments (0) | Posted in education, government, sex and metropolis, sex politics

Feminists Abuse Domestic Violence Laws

Tuesday 27 November 2007 @ 7:55 pm

Radical feminists have devised a scheme to cash in on the flow of taxpayer money in a big way. Their good buddy, Sen. Joseph Biden, D-Del., has just introduced Senate Bill 2279, called the International Violence Against Women Act.

Comments (0) | Posted in Feminista, government, human nature, men + women, sex and metropolis, sex politics, society

Taking Marriage Private

Tuesday 27 November 2007 @ 2:32 pm

WHY do people — gay or straight — need the state’s permission to marry? For most of Western history, they didn’t, because marriage was a private contract between two families. The parents’ agreement to the match, not the approval of church or state, was what confirmed its validity.

Comments (0) | Posted in Marriage, government

New convention on child support targets parents

Monday 26 November 2007 @ 4:57 pm

THE HAGUE, Netherlands: The world is about to get a lot smaller for parents who move overseas and stop paying child support.

Comments (0) | Posted in Feminista, child support, government, outrage, sex and metropolis, sex politics, society

Tasers often used by Canadian police to quell family disputes, reports show

Wednesday 21 November 2007 @ 4:23 pm

OTTAWA - When family disputes turn nasty and the RCMP show up at the door, a Taser stun frequently becomes part of the volatile mix.

Comments (0) | Posted in Feminista, crime + punishment, domestic violence, government, sex and metropolis