Nick had a rough time too. Basically the whole family, really. Just caught BSB in Vegas a month ago and loved every second.

I’m a former Nick Carter fan girl too...there was a reality show and he was a mess for a while, had his own addiction problems I believe, and there were heavy rumors of his abuse by their gross former manager when he was younger. He seems to be doing much better now though, embarrassingly I watched him on Dancing With…

Is it jet lag because she accidentally put on one of North’s t-shirts instead of her own? Also, do they really make under boob specific t-shirts for adults?

He’s a journalist, and I think he’s doing this at work and calling it research. But it is similar to your uncle where he’s actively provoking republicans and BernieBros. His posts have hundreds of comments. He went on a rant about the congressional dress code and women showing shoulders because he doesn’t think it’s…

She is a sweet and good lady. She believes I’m going to hell, but she still loves me! I never respond to or comment when she posts like this. One time she posted an anti-abortion video, and I just took a deep breath, went over to Planned Parenthood, and set up a monthly donation.

Yea the comment was annoying. He was waiting for me in the parking lot, so I invited him in for coffee. We’ve known each other since we were children and we were high school sweethearts. He was in the process of trying to get his life back together, but not doing so very well because he’d messed his finances up so…

Happy three months, Catalina!

oh you mean a studio apartment? These tiny home owners typically have a LOT of smugness about how all they want is to be environmentally friendly, but it’s pretty well demonstrated that the most environmentally friendly thing you can do is live in a densely populated city, in an already existing apartment.

My husband and I have a running joke...the tiny house trend will inevitably lead to the home owners falling into murderous rages. Then ID will have a new show... “Tiny Homicide.”

Money isn’t the issue, especially at GOSH. GOSH has other streams of income, not just from the state, including the rights to Peter Pan which JM Barrie gifted to them upon death.

Because GOSH is one of the best paediatric hospitals in the world so he is already in the best place? They literally take patients that other countries can’t cope with and are at the forefront with research. They do amazing work, and I’m sick of people trying to drag them through the mud. The decision wasn’t…

Thanks for pointing out that governments in both the USA and UK are elected representatives. Americans seem to have a paranoid attitude to government.

That has absolutely nothing to do with it. Completely, utterly and totally NOTHING.

Let alone the disturbing salivating the politicians are showing at the chance to a) be his savior (<10% chance), or b) “at least give the child a chance at life” (>90% chance)...It’s a win-win for these monsters who want to profit from this child’s suffering

Right, so they want to take that kid, with all the machines, across the world for a treatment that might not work. The doctors in this case determined that the experimental treatment does not have enough evidence to be effective, and that the stress of travel would be painful and harmful to the child. This would be…

Not in the UK. The government is made up of Parliament (the legislature) and the executive of ministers appointed by the Prime Minister. The judiciary is separate. It used to be the case that judges sat in the House of Lords and were represented in Cabinet through the Lord Chancellor, but there is now a true…

There really are no bad people in this case.

He’s no-one’s anything. He is a human being with his own rights. This is not about his parents’ rights, it’s about his and his alone. In the UK, a doctor cannot ethically act against their patient’s best interests. They cannot condone a course of action which causes harm to the patient.

That’s some dystopian nanny state creepiness, *even if* I agree that it’s not in the child’s best interest. It’s not my child, or the British government’s child.

Basically, I see the heart of conflict as being whether Charlie is a person with rights and freedoms or a possession of his parents. If he were simply their possession, then sure they could unhook him and do whatever they want - that’s ownership. But Charlie is an individual, distinct from his parents, so he has…