This should demonstrate why we need universal health care in this country and not this piecemeal bullshit.

To be honest, since he is in south Texas and committed such an unimaginably heinous crime I am completely and 100% surprised he did not get the death penalty. I don't even know how it's possible that he didn't.

Maybe I can help!

The problem is not how Tracy and her family handled this. The problem is that we all take for granted that part of a man's role in a heterosexual relationship is to offer protection to his woman and put himself at risk to protect her.

This is not only problematic with gender roles, it's ableist as hell…

I'm glad you feel safe. But many women don't know the truth about the very real statistical danger of having a gun in the home. Husband says it will make them safer. Case closed. It is not true. And people need to know this. I'd rather have an alarm system, dogs, motion lights, bars on windows... anything but a gun…

"Remember Spring Break 2006?" "Remember Your 25th Birthday at Dave and Buster's?" "Remember NYE 2007 In The Wine Cellar That Was Actually Hole In The Basement?" "Remember When You Didn't See ManWriter For Five Weeks?"

For many women, the loss of the birth they thought they would have is so very real and very painful - there's another commenter who showed up to describe how important the process itself was for her.

Can we talk about "birth plans?" In some ways I'm lucky I had twins, because I learned very early on that any "birth plan" would likely be out the window, as you can't really plan your twin birth (at least not with the options you could with a singleton). In most states, you're required to have a hospital birth, and…

Sure: I love nature. But when nature wants you dead, fuck nature. Take medicine and science. Hell, if nature just wants you to be less comfortable than you'd like to be, fuck it. Take the epidural, and don't feel bad about it.

Yes yes, all of this is true, but...

I live in the actual middle east. Fries on shawarma are a thing. (I don't live in Palestine, but that shawarma looks like what I get delivered.)

How will officials even be involved if she consented? It only becomes a matter for official involvement if non-consent is alleged.

There is a difference between pressuring someone to do something they do not want to do and having one person want it more than the other.

Ewww. Rather smoke sweaty gym socks.

FUCK YEAH I'M CLASSY AS SHIT YEAH!!!

No you fucking can't - or not all of us

My cat is currently in a vet hospital for treatment; I would hit the fucking roof if I found out they were keeping an animal that might have ebola in the same facility. It's not just about the risk to the vets and technicians from this highly dangerous and communicable disease, there's the risk to the other animals…

I sympathize with the owners, but I also feel like spending $100,000* to fight ebola in Africa for humans (who also have families) should be a higher priority than spending $100,000 to save one dog in Spain. Think about it. A dog in Spain getting better medical care than a child in Sierra Leone. And again, there is…

assuming the dog is in their house/apartment, tranquilizing it via dart would still require them to enter the house, and since darts take several minutes to take effect…yeah. But they're not going to do that. Obviously the sick owner was infected even though she was presumably following all the procedures and wearing…

My non scientist guess would be wishful thinking, a random dog would have too many variables that could interfere with results.