No the ban is if they are YOUR patient, not a patient of the hospital at large. Conversely, if someone you're banging presents for treatment, you decline to treat them and refer to a colleague. There is a actually a caveat to this - the only surgeon in town in a remote rural area doesn't need to be celibate, for…

I have mixed feelings. I understand it from an educational point of view (profs are there to teach students, not to sleep with them), but I also feel weird about dictating what consenting adults do behind closed doors. I guess in general I support the idea, but I don't think that a relationship between a student and a…

Banning professors from sleeping with students in their class is pretty easy to do. But in most cases, banning professors from sleeping with any student is probably unrealistic to enforce.

Not sure I understand @jayaregee. The WNBA doesn't really make money, so there isn't much to pay players. The counter to that bargaining chip is, OK, good luck in Russia, we'll just get another lady to take your place, and even if she's not the player you are, she fits our budget.

It happens all the time in…

A politician accepting gifts and perks from people who want favors?

Does anyone in politics NOT do this, though? Aren't they all pretty much shady as fuck?

The whole thing is just completely horrifying, isn't it? I am choosing to believe that the fact that there WAS a trial, and that both the doctor and the girl's father are being held accountable (even if it is in a pitifully small measure) is encouraging.

and yet according to some cops WE are the thugs

As a recovering alcoholic, I can tell you that Johnny's behavior may not make him an alcoholic, but it puts him in very dangerous territory. It is not "normal." Do not convince yourself otherwise. The truth is only Johnny knows whether he is or isn't an alcoholic. Even if he intuitively knows that now, it will…

Is saying that someone has cancer or the flu " a serious accusation?"

The whole point is that it is not an "accusation." You don't accuse someone of being an alcoholic any more than you accuse someone of having diabetes or the flu. What Bayless did was more like a diagnosis. Even there, he doesn't really diagnose Manziel as an alcoholic, he discusses whether he has a drinking problem…

Correct. This is not normal, Barry.

I don't think people are questioning if Manziel is an alcoholic because he's 20 and likes to drink. They are saying he might be, because of when and why he drinks. I understand how some people might not see a difference but there is one.

Some of those perpetually shitfaced 20-somethings you reference are alcoholics.

psst, many college students have cars

Just love your kids.

My sister is a foster mother. She's been trying to get out of it for years to devote more time to her own kids, but can never say no when there is a child who needs a home. As someone who's seen how hard people work to ensure that these kids are safe and taken care of, I can only hope this woman rots. Fuck her.

I turn my back to this Fort Bragg principal.

Many tears as I silently sang along. What an amazing send off for an amazing guy.