In Canada, everyone applying for a licence to buy or even possess a firearm needs to list their current and former (within the previous 2 years) “conjugal partners” on their application. If those partners don’t actually sign the application to indicate they are aware of it, the federal body that grants licences is…

I was a victim of stalking 13 years ago. Receiving a notification like this would trigger my PTSD big time much like when the parole officer called me to obtain more background as I had been spared from having to testify at trial (a.k.a. they cut a deal.) It’s definitely better than nothing but it still makes the…

If there’s no wage gap, then why not make all the salaries public knowledge? I’ve worked in government for almost a decade, and looking up other people’s salaries gives me a great resource when I go to negotiate.

I mean, he’s right... at least at this very moment. Most certainly the meeting’s details constantly seem to be changing, but as it stands right now, his lawyer is right. Grossly unethical at a minimum, and while there’s a lot of smoke, no one has been able to locate a fire yet.

Not sure I see what the problem is. Fair and balanced is fair and balanced.

Isn’t the whole point of chocolate that it tastes good? Why skip that part?

It’s not like that. Great Ormond Street Hospital has acted entirely appropriately. They concluded that his epileptic encephalopathy was such that his brain damage was severe and irreversible, and that the experimental treatment in the US was potentially painful but incapable of achieving anything positive for him. The…

It is desperately sad for his parents and it isn’t something anyone should have to go through. But.... they have fought Great Ormand Street tooth and nail on what is best for their child. Not them, but their son. Their (frankly bonkers “Charlie’s Army”) have threatened hospital staff, threatened to storm the…

It must be hard to let go of loved ones, but this money could go to research or to help sick children the world over. I especially feel sorry for the mom as mitochondrial diseases are passed down through the mother.

What pisses me off most about President Dipshit inserting himself in this story is that per his proposed healthcare reform, the children suffering like that here at home would be left to die while their parents are saddled with a copious amount of medical debt.

I hate these stories. They’re impossibly difficult and cruelly unfair. But I’m still of the mind that if my child’s organs cannot function without a machine doing the work for them, this is not life.

This theory is simple and elegant.

This is a tragic scenario for her and especially for her children, who will now grow up with a mother in jail and a dead father.

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I found out about this from my dad. After having dinner with him, he sent me and my sister a text saying he loves us and not to go anywhere alone for the next few days.

I was diagnosed with sleep apnea last year at 51. Having the sleep apparatus has me waking up chipper and clearheaded after eight hours in bed/7 hours of sleep vs 9 hours in bed/4 hours sleep. I have lost 11 pounds, my cholesterol is down to a healthy level. It’s been a game changer. If you have a loved one who snores…

Wait- isn’t there an epilogue at the end of the book where basically some academics in the future are talking about what happened to Offred? That her memoirs are available because she was smuggled to safety?

Thank god they’ve got excellent health care!

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Okay but can we also talk about him getting a mandatory sentence of 19 years for stealing a cell phone? Like in what world is that a proportional punishment?