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California just made a huge positive step in Healthcare

Governor Jerry Brown made California the fourth state in the US on Monday to allow physician assisted dying. Yes, only the fourth, and it's disappointing that the numbers (or the lack of) overshadow the real achievement. Everyone has the right to live, and everyone should have the right to die. Of course life is sacred, but the opponents of this law must not seriously think that California's true intentions are to have a genocide. They simply just want to help those people who have no hope of a cure, and are suffering. That's it, there is no story here, Everyone is allowed to make their decisions about their life and body. If you can go and get an abortion from a professional, you should also be able to go to your doctor to die. They are there to help you and to lessen your pain. In any way possible. Of course we support that background checks must take place, and several doctors (including psychologists) should sign off before you are allowed to die. You sho...

2016: The Year Ahead

2015 has been incredibly exciting yet turbulent. Bloody yet promising. One thing is for sure, no one have predicted it the way it actually turned out. But we'll try it for 2016 regardless. The Paris Attacks, the fight against ISIS, the Pope's historic visit to the US, the Greek and Chinese economic troubles, the legalization of same-sex marriage in the US, Water on Mars, Volkswagen Scandal, new reigning record set by Queen Elizabeth II, Cecil the Lion, Women's World Cup, mass shootings and racial divide in the US, Climate Deal in Paris and the Nepal Earthquake were some of the events that dominated the news broadcasts in the year of 2015. We also lost some very influential people such as King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia, Leonard Nimoy, Lee Kuan Yew, B.B. King, John Nash, Christopher Lee, Omar Sharif, Helmut Schmidt, Maureen O'Hara and Lemmy of Motorhead just yesterday. Social Media also reached new heights as did Hollywood with Spectre, Jurassic World and Star...

Blatter’s Fall: Was he caught up between America and Russia?

After dramatic events and revelations that are only seen in movies, Sepp Blatter has resigned as the head of football’s governing body, FIFA, after a 17 year old lengthy period. While Blatter spread the love of football around the world, helped developing countries to improve their facilities and brought the World Cup to Africa for the first time, his legacy will always be overshadowed by the various corruption scandals. Yes, there is more than one scandal, it didn’t all just start last week with the arrest of several top ranking FIFA officials. Recent revelations show that the organization has been fraud for decades which only back up accusations of briberies for all the recent elections, and the right to organize most FIFA events, at least in the past 25 years. Every time Blatter won, he stood up on the podium and said that change is coming. It never came, yet he was always trusted with the job on and on again. Blatter’s main support originates from Africa and Asia, who a...