Hello I’m Liam Savery and I’m going to talk about drugs‚ not about how marijuana should be legalised or how other illicit drugs should be allowed in medication‚ but the access to fairly priced drugs used in medication. Recently in the news a man name Martin Shkreli has been pointed to a lot and has been given the nickname “America’s most hated man” and one would not be considered shitted by the boldness of the nickname. The reason Martin has been in the news is due to the fact that the company he
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“I may not agree with you‚ but I will defend to the death your right to make an ass of yourself.” (Oscar Wilde) The book In Our Defense by Ellen Alderman and Caroline Kennedy mentions the Freedom of Speech court case Missouri Knights of the Ku Klux Klan v. Kansas City. Members of the racist Ku Klux Klan‚ who believe in white supremacy‚ tried spreading their beliefs through the public access channel which is free of editorial control from the cable company. In their vision either the KKK creates
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Editorial New Laws against Texting while Walking Will Rogers once said “You can’t legislate intelligence and common sense into people." However‚ you can try. After recent incidents involving distracted pedestrian accidents‚ New York and Arkansas are attempting to outlaw texting or listening to music while walking‚ or cycling. It may seem a little bit ridiculous‚ but after Cathy Cruz Marrero’s infamous fall into a mall fountain‚ these means may be necessary. Have you ever tripped while
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One in four women will be sexually assaulted in their lifetime. One in four. Every six days one woman will be killed by her partner‚ the one she trusts the most. Every six days. Fifteen point four percent of CEO positions are held by women. Eighty-four point six are given to men. For every one dollar a man makes‚ a woman will make seventy-two cents. Twenty-eight percent less than her male counterpart. Twenty-six percent of MP’s are women. Seventy-four percent are men. Why? Why in a country where
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Mercy killing has been in the moral code of humankind since the genesis of society. From the Coup de grâce applied to wounded animals by the Native Americans‚ to the Seppuku Japanese samurai practiced‚ dying with dignity has been prioritized over a painful death. If there’s something history has proved‚ it’s that compassion is a fundamental value. Isn’t euthanasia an act of compassion? Euthanasia is a choice of good life‚ rather than a choice of death. What would you prefer‚ a good but slightly
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Wouldn’t it be scary if someone decided that you should disappear because he thinks you do not have the right to live because of your race or religion? Well yes‚ it would be scary and possible. This sort of an act is known as genocide. A typical definition of genocide is the intension to eliminate‚ murder certain group of people because of their race‚ beliefs or even political and economic status. Throughout the decades‚ genocide has occurred in more than one occasion‚ causing wars‚ slaughters and
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Why is there so many people saying the word sleep walking seeing it on the news where children don’t know where they might go in there sleep? Well you haven’t heard this story before the mysterious world of sleepwalking is often portrayed as harmless or even deadly a young. A woman named heidee ruiz lives in california she was in college on a track and field scholarship and felt a tremendous pressure to perform and began sleepwalking in august of 1995 while she was at her mother’s house heidee ran
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Suffragettes like Emmeline Pankhurst‚ Millicent Fawcett and Emily Davison fought for the rights that exist for women in the UK today. Primarily our right to vote. Our right to democracy. But this right is slowly been salami sliced away by the EU‚ they’re slicing away at everything these great women fought for. We cannot control our own laws‚ our own boarders and are subservient to an unelectable‚ unaccountable‚ male dominated European Commission. The Remain campaign is getting desperate‚ they keep
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ginger family. It’s also referred to as Curcuma longa. What is used as the spice is the stem which grows below the ground. It is stated that it may strengthen the heart‚ decrease cholesterol‚ improve overall mental health‚ and guards our bodies against cancer. It also has antiviral properties which can stop genital warts. Gluten is a very common form of protein seen in grains‚ barley‚ rye and also wheat. Hence‚ noodles‚ bread‚ cereal products and other refined foods have gluten. Having gluten allergy
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What if I told you that something as simple as a color separates people? That throughout the world individuals are misjudged‚ and treated like outcasts for something as simple as a color? Racism is still a huge issue today‚ and everyday different complexioned people treat each other with hate. Although racism is still a problem it is improving everyday‚ and more and more people are becoming acceptive of those with different skin colors. It isn’t difficult to not be racist‚ just be careful of what
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