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Rick Santorum Has Been Making Questionable Statements About Dutch Assisted Suicide Since 2009
Politics Buzz Republican Presidential candidate Rick Santorum has been making the rounds in the Netherlands virally. In an interview earlier this month, Santorum used outdated and exaggerated statistics to make factually inaccurate claims about assisted suicide in the Netherlands, sparking outrage in the lowland country. But a 2009 speech the Arizona Republican party, unearthed by BuzzFeed, shows Santorum has been making the claims for years, using as it part of his pitch to stop health care reform and the degradation of American values.
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Santorum Roils Dutch Politics
Politics Buzz MP demands the Ambassador push back on his euthanasia claim.
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Dutch Outraged Over Santorum's Euthanasia Claim
Politics Buzz The view from Amsterdam: A “crazy extreme Catholic” with “a surreal view of the Netherlands.” “We kill the elderly like there's no tomorrow,” jokes a daily newspaper.
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Jack Kevorkian Has Died
Culture Buzz The man known as “Dr. Death” for his willingness to administer assisted suicide has died at the age of 83. Kevorkian had been struggling with pneumonia and kidney disease.
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The Rollercoaster Of Death
Science Buzz A Ph.D. candidate in Design Interactions at the Royal College of Art has designed a hypothetical rollercoaster meant to kill. (Via Design Taxi)
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Image: De-Oiled Birds: Good for BP, Bad for Birds
The image below, of a bird rescued from the gulf and cleaned of oil, may ease the ache in our hearts, but research suggests that euthanizing the birds would be more humane.
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The Hug
Culture Buzz Edie the dog was scheduled to be euthanized, but she was rescued from the shelter at the last moment…
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Video: Ray Gosling: “I Killed My Lover”
[Ed Note: TV presenter Ray Gosling just threw this bombshell into Britain's raging euthanasia debate. He has since been arrested, but is being hailed as a hero by many.] “And I picked up the pillow, and smothered him until he was dead,” Gosling said. “The doctor came back, I said, 'He's gone.' Nothing more was ever said.”
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Image: A Dog's Purpose
Whether or not this 6-year-old understood that his dog was being put down, he managed to make the situation beautiful.
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Link: The Deadly Choices at Memorial
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/30/magazine/30doctors.html...
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After Katrina, overstretched doctors and nurses in New Orleans injected some patients with drugs. Were they trying to comfort those patients - or hasten their deaths?
