Reddit on January 1, 2009: Top Posts and Discussions

Thursday, Jan. 1st 2009

News on 1/1/09

Israel kills Hamas leader and his wife, children and anyone else in the neighbourhood by dropping a one-tonne bomb on his house
r/worldnews · waggawagga · 801 pts
Former Army Employee Pleads Guilty to Acting as Israeli Spy
r/worldnews · Lithium_X · 430 pts
Icelandic TV program featuring PM forced off the air when a torch-wielding crowd stormed Reykjavik's Hotel Borg in an attempt to get to the studio. A torch-wielding crowd. Sweet.
r/worldnews · alllie · 241 pts
David Ben Gurion (the first Israeli PM): "If I were an Arab leader, I would never sign an agreement with Israel…we have come and stolen their country. Why would they accept that?"
r/worldnews · alllie · 200 pts
Gazprom cuts off Ukraine's gas supply.
r/worldnews · moonshn · 173 pts
At least 445 cars were torched over the night of New Year's Eve in France.
r/worldnews · [deleted] · 162 pts
Yeah, there really is good news coming out of the Muslim World but the MSM misses it
r/worldnews · jricole · 125 pts
Media Banned From Gaza as Humanitarian Crisis Escalates
r/worldnews · democracy101 · 103 pts

Politics on 1/1/09

Sports on 1/1/09

Pictures and Memes

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Are eBayers really this stupid?

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You know when the teacher erases the board and leaves some marks and you really want to go up there and erase them but you can't. Well the following is what this reminds me of. [PIC]

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Picture London without Londoners

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Spy Guns [Pics]

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SCISSORS BEAT PAPER

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Hunter S. Thompson Motivational Posters

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Who Wants Their Budoir Photo Done?

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Does anyone know the origins of this pic?

r/pics · 40 pts

Reddit on January 1, 2009

Thursday, Jan. 1st 2009

News on 1/1/09

Israel kills Hamas leader and his wife, children and anyone else in the neighbourhood by dropping a one-tonne bomb on his house

Former Army Employee Pleads Guilty to Acting as Israeli Spy

Icelandic TV program featuring PM forced off the air when a torch-wielding crowd stormed Reykjavik's Hotel Borg in an attempt to get to the studio. A torch-wielding crowd. Sweet.

David Ben Gurion (the first Israeli PM): "If I were an Arab leader, I would never sign an agreement with Israel…we have come and stolen their country. Why would they accept that?"

Gazprom cuts off Ukraine's gas supply.

At least 445 cars were torched over the night of New Year's Eve in France.

Yeah, there really is good news coming out of the Muslim World but the MSM misses it

Media Banned From Gaza as Humanitarian Crisis Escalates

Politics on 1/1/09

As long as 14-year-old girls are being jolted with electric shocks to make them smile before sex tourists in Cambodia, the abolitionist cause for slavery has not been completed.

Chief Justice Roberts complains he needs higher pay. I invite him to seek it in the private sector after 20 January.

Anti-Gay Teen Boot Camp wants $500,000 from taxpayers.

Bush leaves office in 19 days. Happy new year, reddit!

FBI posts fake Child Porn hyperlinks to snare child porn suspects.

Sports on 1/1/09

Jets on Favre: "There was a lot of resentment in the room about him. He never socialized with us, never went to dinner with anyone." Does Favre have the internal commitment to make a second season?

Dozens of inventions could have replaced football's chains by now, but they endure

Probably the Best Hockey Save I've Ever Seen

Papa Joe :: "I've seen two movies in the last 40 years: E.T. and Titanic. I walked out of Titanic, I felt like I was in the bath."

Usdain Bolt edges Michael Phelps for media's athlete of the year - More Sports - SI.com

Pictures and Memes