If he ends up getting the Republican nomination, he’ll get crushed.

“Is there a reason you’re changing your phone number with us today, Mr. Aflac?”

I heard a rumor (from a friend who went to college with some of the writers from Friends) that the writers on that show fucking HATED Schwimmer and deliberately wrote Ross’s character as a total douchebag-asshole-loser.

I thought the show was terrific. There were a couple of weird bits, and I didn’t think the Clooney interview was very interesting, but the overall energy of the show was great and Colbert’s enthusiasm was infectious. I think it’s going to be outstanding.

Serena has always been such an emotional player - she’ll routinely have an attack of nerves and have a let-up in her game (like the second set last night). I think the weight of what she is about to achieve is really affecting her. And notwithstanding her wins, none of them were easy - she was sick at the Australian,…

Actually, she’s only held office since January, after the Supreme Court had agreed to hear Obergefell - she knew when she took the job that there was a strong likelihood that the Court would rule as it did and that she would have to issue marriage licenses to same sex couples. Meaning she’s even more full of shit than…

I liked it at first, but I quickly got tired of it. Part of it is that everyone is an asshole, so there really isn’t anyone to root for. Part of it is that, as a lawyer, I was having to suspend disbelief so far beyond my abilities to do so that it made me crazy. I know that it’s not supposed to be real and that I need…

Good luck with everything. But I would also add that even without the risks that run in your family, you don’t need to justify your choice to anyone. I had uneventful pregnancies (except for gestational diabetes with the second one, but it was well managed) both times, but I opted for hospital births with epidurals…

Yikes. If Super Hippie Mom wants to do things all natural for herself, go for it, but the no vaccines business is bad. That impacts other people.

The numbers on that are hard to interpret, because there’s so much variance in maternal age, maternal health, prenatal care, socioeconomic status - I’m not aware of any study positing that advances in western medicine are causing increases in the risks of maternal death in childbirth.

That was mine as well. I don’t give a shit about doing anything naturally - give me the drugs and do whatever you need to do to get the baby out safely.

Let women do whatever the hell they want. I used pitocin to induce labor with my second child, used epidurals with both, and would make both choices again without question.

That’s so awful. :( And we are lucky that it’s so rare now. I sometimes get a little nuts when I hear about women railing against the influence of “western medicine” when it comes to childbirth - advances in western medicine are the reason that childbirth is no longer a primary cause of death in women.

Yes. They could sue under 28 USC 1983, which allows suits for denials of constitutional rights by public officials acting “under color of law.” Section 1983 suits can be brought for damages, meaning Davis could be personally liable for a judgment against her.

Thank you. I had a D&C after a miscarriage because I wanted to know what caused the miscarriage. Under no circumstances was it an abortion.

If the kids are in Sudan, Sudan can exercise jurisdiction over them and side with the father (which is apparently what happened). And Sudan isn’t a signatory to the Hague Convention treaty dealing with international child abduction, so it doesn’t have any treaty obligation to cooperate with Finland and return the kids.

Bravo.

totally agree re Megan Rapinoe. I’m getting a full-on mother-of-the-bride vibe from this look.

I want to take Megan Rapinoe shopping. She is fierce and gorgeous, and there’s no reason for her to show up to an event like this dressed as a mother of the bride.

She is super cute. And wow, she and George really resemble each other around the eyes.