Well you can unclutch your pearls because the amount was incorrectly reported and its actually $385,000 that they requested to be seized. Which also makes sense when you are trying to prevent two people who are not even citizens of that country from leaving. 

It started as more of a regional celebration - first celebrated in Galveston, TX (where the news was delivered) and then spread across Texas, and then the country as people migrated from there. The rest is probably lost to the idiosyncrasies of history, like pretty much every other holiday.

An ectopic pregnancy is not a miscarriage. It’s not a viable pregnancy, but if you wait for it to naturally ‘miscarry’ (ie burst), you might take half your reproductive system (or your life) with it. So they induce a miscarriage. Which is... an abortion.

Wait do they get to keep all the money? Because $20 million for 12 milquetoast episodes is an amazing grift

I think probably what’s confusing for most people about Lovato is that Lovato continues to present completely the same, as femme - long hair, makeup, dresses, accentuating feminine features like boobs/hips, etc. I think people are beginning to be more understanding of nonbinary people when they also *present* as…

That was the most egregious part to me too, haha

Then they’ll bemoan the corporate world for being too “woke” when they’ve coached their side to stay out of it 

Half of Oregon wants to secede and join Idaho (it’s called the “Greater Idaho Movement”). I’m guessing that’s the half that all these Republican legislators are from. Just let them go and get on with your business. 

She did do something about it, like it says in the article. She moved across the country and installed bulletproof glass and a security fence. 

God I hate this timeline. 

I thought the season was kind of a snoozefest. It’s obviously all manufactured drama, but if you’re going to manufacture drama, make it a little more interesting. They have Nicole dredge up some 3 year old grudge over a listing and that is the genesis of the previously non-existent beef between her and Chrishell -…

“The party of small government” until a company does something they don’t like, and then somehow they can call for a legal congressional investigation into said company for doing something they don’t like and demand they stop doing the thing they don’t like. Whild.

I’m continually frustrated with journalism on major cases that reports a “not guilty” plea as if its some major development or protestation of innocence. It’s standard procedure in pretty much every case so that the case can move forward. In some jurisdictions you do it at the first court date as a matter of course. Ge…

She was very defensive of Cannon at the time the show aired, when she had a brand new baby and he was being all present. I wonder how that continued though when he had four kids with four different women in four months, most of whom he has longer relationships with than Bre. Can’t be there for all of them.

I don’t know because I watched the show and the context/way in which she said made it seem more like she either doesn’t entirely understand the term, or doesn’t want to claim the term. She said they’re open and have relationships with other people (well, he has relationships with other people. At the time of the show…

I think the point of increased LGBTQ+ representation in media is so that you can experience a variety of characters, relationships, and storylines. How boring and frustrating would it be to just see perfect queer relationships all the time, devoid of drama or conflict? I actually like that they are exploring that the…

I have legitimate posting history going back years, why am I still in the grays when obvious trolls are not? 

This article really brought out the MRA trolls. One of the way patriarchy and misogyny hurts us all though is that these dudes seemingly have no idea that men do in fact have a biological clock and that there are risks to having a baby with older sperm. Just because you *can* get someone pregnant doesn’t mean you…

Sperm quality degrades over a male’s life too. You’re not popping out the same stuff at 79 as you are at 20. Old sperm are more likely to result in different issues, both for the pregnancy, the birth, the baby, and the mother. Apparently no one knows this because men are never questioned about this. 

Yes because sperm quality also degrades and results in higher likelihood for genetic disorders, mental health issues, brain disorders, premature birth, and other issues. Quality starts dropping after around 40 and gets even worse after 50. So he’s uh, well beyond the age at which there are known, studied, and…