Many of the conservative voters who deny the existence of human-caused climate change are the most likely to fall victim to its effects.
First, Do No Harm to My Legal Status
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Many states with abortion bans point out that those restrictions have exceptions for protecting the life of the mother. In practice, however, doctors believe they have to wait until the mother is actually dying before they can intervene to perform an abortion. There have been several cases where mothers nearly died as a result.
Inside the Dictator’s Suite
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Apparently afflicted with a bizarre determination to disbelieve everyone else, the United States refused to believe Saddam Hussein when he said he didn’t have weapons of mass destruction. Which he didn’t. Now Kim Jong-un says he does have a hydrogen bomb, and the United States refuses to beleve him.
Nelson Mandela, Drone Victim
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Nelson Mandela was on the U.S. terrorist watch list until 2008. Under President Obama, terrorists are subject to summary termination by drone strike. What would have happened to Mandela had Obama been president before 2008? Boom!
Death by Skype
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A soldier serving in Afghanistan was killed while Skyping with his wife. (We don’t know whether he was shot or died of some other cause.) How will your death be live-streamed?
Be Right There
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Former vice president Dick Cheney, 71, receives a heart transplant. Surely the donor had no idea his death would help prolong the wretched life of a man who is pure evil.
Poly Styrene and Osama bin Laden, RIP
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The lead singer of X-Ray Spex and terrorist Osama bin Laden die a week apart. Coincidence?
