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Today on Deathstyles of the Rich and Abled: Costs Illustrated Magazine

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By INGRID TISCHER Welcome to the world of Champagne lifetimes and caviar deaths! I’m Robbin’ Leech, your guide to the deathstyle media titans that are teaching us how the fabulously wealthy celebrate the moments of their end-of-lives. Today I’ll be sharing two sumptuous images from Costs Illustrated magazine and then dazzling you with one glorious … Continue reading Today on Deathstyles of the Rich and Abled: Costs Illustrated Magazine →

Amy Hasbrouck – ‘Amour’ and Fear: Assisted Suicide/Mercy Killing at the Oscars

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AMOUR AND FEAR: ASSISTED SUICIDE AT THE OSCARS By Amy E. Hasbrouck Once again, a film about “euthanasia” has won an Oscar.  Back in the ‘70s the tear-jerker movies were about people dying of cancer.  In the ‘80s and ‘90s, it was people dying of AIDS.  For the 21st century, the new chic is euthanasia/assisted … Continue reading Amy Hasbrouck – ‘Amour’ and Fear: Assisted Suicide/Mercy Killing at the Oscars →

Dr. Oz Show – A Disabled FEN Member Doesn’t Like How He Was Treated, Either

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 I hope to have some first-hand accounts up by Monday next week from NDYers and other disability activists who went to the taping of the Dr. Oz show on assisted suicide.  While extensive edits have to be done on the show to shorten it to fit available air time, all reports so far say that … Continue reading Dr. Oz Show – A Disabled FEN Member Doesn’t Like How He Was Treated, Either →

Breaking News: Billionaire Buys the Rights to Livestream Assisted Suicide of Cancer Patient

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This first got my attention earlier this week, when a single news item from Shockya.com showed up in my news feed, titled Assisted Suicide Will Be Broadcast Live on BattleCam: Billionaire Alki David has paid the family of terminal brain cancer patient Nikolai Ivanisovich for the rights to stream his assisted suicide on BattleCam. The … Continue reading Breaking News: Billionaire Buys the Rights to Livestream Assisted Suicide of Cancer Patient →