Ag gag laws are the new ALEC-derived-fuck-bucket-of-fail laws

Ha, at first I thought you were talking about people who ship Io9 and Jezebel, and I was like "Yeah... yeah, I could see the two as lesbian lovers, what with all the unresolved sexual tension, trading smoldering glances over the oblivious dudebros that are Jalopnik and Deadspin, or the nerdy heterosexual trio of…

Then why not look to the guidelines in countries where there isn't a medical industry. I'm Canadian and our healthcare system has moved to the after (I think 3) clean paps then get them once every three years model. of course, issues in a patient's medical history or an abnormal pap allow for more frequent tests. We…

No, it was actually from Smoke and Mirrors. I can't ever remember the name of the story without looking it up, but the entire narrative was structured around a single sexual encounter. I recall seeing something floating around tumblr that even the man himself was embarrassed when it came time to record the audiobook…

A little background:

That's this concerned parent's whole issue. She wants her kid and the entire class to go back to the edited version bc vaginas are pornographic and evil. The holocaust, however, that's not disturbing at all. Maybe while she's clutching her pearls, she can have a little bit of her own clitoris discovery and she…

"The issue here seems to be a product of our healthcare system, where doctors are only paid for procedures and not for time spent with patients."

Sometimes? In the case of pelvic exams, sure, but there are a lot of routine check-ups that use radiation. Radiation changes cell structure, and if you go in for lots of "preventative" procedures that dose you with radiation...well, there is certainly a case to be made that it might be causing more harm than good.

Hmmm, I always thought it was overindulgence that made America fat.

This is completely appropriate and I'm not sure why anyone would snark about it. 1) It's a non-profit, not a government enterprise. Anyone who gives to this non-profit chooses to do so. 2) If the alternative is stressing existing animal shelters and animal foster organizations, it makes a lot more sense to help…

I've always been amused by how the MRA's who advocate manliness are so insecure about themselves. I pity them.

This reminds me of the collective noun 'flange' for a group of baboons, which comes from a 'Not the Nine O' Clock News' sketch http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?ter…

I misread this, and I am now totally in the market for a FemiNazi brand of ice cream.

I feel like I have been whiny on here as of late but I need a place to vent.

Minor corrections: organic mercury is excreted to the hair. Lead ends up in the bones and can end up back in the blood stream if you get pregnant (maternal bone structure is resorbed to provided materials for the fetal skeleton).

I know, it's kind of a bummer— I've been here since year 1 and I'm gray now. I don't comment much anymore, which I assume is the reason.

People with Munchausen syndrome or Munchausen by proxy seek attention from medical professionals for themselves or their children (by proxy) in order to get attention they crave. This lady wasn't doing that, since she would have been found out. She was scamming.

My friend had a buildup of heavy metal in her bloodstream. I told her it'd Slayer, but she still wouldn't juice fast with me.

Wow! Thanks for posting that (even in this thread). I'd only known him for the trolololoing previously....because interwebz....

Can we talk about that Harper's article? Jesus. Who is this guy?