The Darren Mack murder/attempted murder trial has garnered a fair deal of attention for the Silver State in the past 16 months- a woman found brutally murdered in her garage,  a judge and his assistant woulnded after being shot at, a National manhunt, and international arrest- these are things that sell papers.  Mr. Mack's trial was moved out of ( Read more... )

The White Ribbon Campaign is an organization from Canada leading a call for a change in men's attitudes surrounding Domestic Violence.  Every man has a mother, a sister, an aunt, a daughter, or a wife whom they love and would see no harm come to them.  But it's not enough to simply not abuse the women in your life; men need to take a stand ( Read more... )

CBS News and the Early Show have put together a piece on some alarming statistics involving Domestic Violence in this country.  After leaving a violent partner a victim is at greater risk than at any other time in the relationship.  Stalking, threats, and actual violence are common thus many women seek orders of protection or 'restraining orders ( Read more... )

Battered Women's Justice Project is a wonderful organisation, and I recommend everyone who has ever known a victim of Domestic Violence check it out.    They have a great post on the subject of Parental Alienation which I wrote about last week.

A sample of the common sense:
Blaming “parental alienation” shifts the focus away from Baldwin’s choice ( Read more... )

Thoughtful and well stated opinion article on Parental Alienation as a legal defense in custody cases, particularly those involving domestic and sexual abuse.  Let me state officially, that nobody from the National Council has ever stated officially that we consider PAS 'junk science' and that this may have possibly come from somebody's personal ( Read more... )

an obligatory Politics post!

Prez sez: We don't need no stinkin' democracy!

Our great succes in making the world safe for Democracy!  YAY! One failed invasion at a time plzkthnx

Oh Barack, please think CAREFULLY before speaking... I don't want to buy the Obamanism calendar.

I leave LA and things go to shit...

Speaking of invasions- apparently sending ( Read more... )

A lot of the incidents Mr. Ridgeway lists in his article have already been posted to my journal in pasts posts regarding DV.  Info about these horific events can also be found at google news.  Violence against women is happening, every day, all over the world, and here in America, we have become quite skilled at excusing the violence or blaming the ( Read more... )

What's wrong with the world?

Domestic Dispute Errupts in Gunfire at CNN's Atlanta Headquarters.

Murder/Suicide Victim from University of Washington had restraining order against her killer.

Women still 'to blame' for their own rape in Scotland.  (this one may require registration)  The story is awful enough, but the HORRID attitude of the commenters ( Read more... )

Work today is REALLY crazy-  Our meeting participants, agenda, and format weren't really finalized until this afternoon, and the meeting is Wednesday and Thursday of next week.  PLUS we are out of office tomorrow and Friday for our Staff Retreat.  So I'm a little frazzled.  DANGIT!  Oh well.  Everything must ship today so it gets there on time.  ( Read more... )

That Dems can be way cooler than Reps....  The Surreal World, DC  YAY!

So, I'm sure everyone has heard by now... and I've already posted about it all at least once.  Some lone, deaf, dwarf guy in Florida announces he won't be running for President in 2008...   Seriously people... It's starting to look like Italy out there- If you have 3 Americans ( Read more... )