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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...

Perry drops out

1 down, 16 more to go. Former (and longest serving) Governor of Texas, Rick Perry has suspended his campaign for the Presidency on Friday. While there have been rumours of financial troubles and lack of enthusiasm in the polls and rallies, it still comes as somewhat of a shock, due to it being so early in the race. Perry was not doing well in the polls, and failed to reach the top tier debate in August, but was expected to attend the next debate in 4 days time in California. His campaign has been saying that this debate will be different, and with Carly Fiorina gone, Perry could outshine the other candidates, and gain traction. That will not happen now. Governor Perry was once the frontrunner in the 2012 race, but eventually had to drop out due to several big mistakes. Most famously, he forgot the name of an agency he wanted to scrap during one of the debates. He was never able to recover, and endorsed Mitt Romney. After the disaster of 2012, he returned to being Govern...

Perry misses out, as the Top 10 prepare for the big battle

The top 10 candidates have been announced for the first nationally televised debate among the Republican Candidates. It was always known that people like Donald Trump, Jeb Bush and Scott Walker would be there on the centre of the stage, but the last two available places saw a hard battle fought for them. It was a three way battle between Ohio Governor John Kasich, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie and former Texas Governor Rick Perry. In the end, it was the Texan who failed to poll high enough in the latest surveys, and thus missed the primetime show. He will now be participating in the afternoon session with the other seven candidates who failed to register enough support. It is a big blow for the Texan, who famously destroyed his own campaign after the debates of 2012. He will now have a chance though to finish atop the afternoon debate in front of Senator Lindsey Graham, Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal, former New York Governor George Pataki, Businesswoman Carly Fiorin...