Just a note: The media-hysteria over the seal hunt- a hysteria led by largely colonizers and their homebound cousins- has destroyed the livelihood and tradition-based lifestyle of the Inuit.

I’m sorry, I know this is done.

NOT ALL HEROES WEAR CAPES.

If you find out I’ll bet Iran, Chile, Guatemala, Italy, Honduras, Venezuela, Ukraine, Korea, Cuba, Vietnam and all the other countries whose elections the US has been messing with for years would also like to know

Ask Guatemala, Iran, Haiti, Congo, Indonesia, Vietnam, Afghanistan, among others how they got through it.

...the child would inherit no trait other than normal cellular function from the mitochondrial donor.

There are not three parents. 

The prevailing hypothesis is that mitochondria are the evolutionary product of symbiotic bacteria - they are now organelles but cannot carry out the basic functions required to qualify as a bacterium. There is mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA), much of which is involved in energy (ATP) production from glucose. The importance…

This is not the same thing as the genes of the person.

It is possible that eons ago mitochondria were bacteria that became part of eukaryotic cells, but they’re not “symbiotic bacteria” now. Our gut flora is symbiotic bacteria. Mitochondria are cell organelles.

let me guess... you’re not a biologist.

...help women who have mitochondrial issues with their eggs...

They are descended from bacteria or bacteria-like organisms that long ago developed a symbiotic relationship with other cells, allowing the host cell to metabolise in a more efficient way, allowing larger and more complex cells and later, multicellular life. They live in our cells, and in the cells of all eukaryotic…

If you agree with the endosymbiosis hypothesis then mitochondria were originally simple bacteria. They contain their own DNA, it’s circular, has a double membrane which suggests some sort of endocytosis in primitive life. What a cool hypothesis!

It is a constant struggle. The UK has elements who would love to drag the country back to the dark ages. The UK Independence party wishes to realign themselves as the British GOP, with a platform of banned abortion, re-legalized guns, reintroduction of the death penalty, and all smothered in good old fashioned rural…

Well apparently my name is A Fucking Idiot. Deciding to terminate my pregnancy was a quick and easy decision.

A public understanding of standard deviations might help in this case. Stats for the win!

O Come, O Come, Emmanuel does it for me.

This definitely sounds like some headology to me:

So their conversations go something like this?