Reddit on January 5, 2009: Top Posts and Discussions

Monday, Jan. 5th 2009

News on 1/5/09

Required Reading - As the Arabs see the Jews
r/worldnews · [deleted] · 864 pts
Norwegian doctor in Gaza: "This is an all-out war against Civilians"
r/worldnews · Waven · 248 pts
Between 600,000 and 700,000 Gazans have no water, some of them going on a week. About one million have no electricity, raw sewage is running in the streets in some places.
r/worldnews · alins · 184 pts
Hyundai is taking aim at Americans' worries about job security: If you buy a new Hyundai and lose your job within a year, you can give it back.
r/news · [deleted] · 137 pts
UK police have been given the power to hack into PCs without a court warrant
r/worldnews · maxwellhill · 106 pts
Raul Castro lifts ban on Cubans building their own homes
r/worldnews · koavf · 94 pts
Excellent Haaretz (Israeli) op-ed slams Israeli government for its inhumanity
r/worldnews · greenrd · 69 pts
Israel rains fire on Gaza with phosphorus shells
r/worldnews · [deleted] · 67 pts

Politics on 1/5/09

Sports on 1/5/09

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2:58pm...HAHA...3:18pm....WTF

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Bill O'Reilly is...

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Don't Sound Stupid -- (PIC)

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Rock on! [pic]

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It ’s very cold tonight, so we played with soap bubbles. If you blow them upwards enough they have time to freeze on the way down...

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My Friend Gave This Guy Ten Bucks

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Viva la resistance!

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Watermelon carving

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Reddit on January 5, 2009

Monday, Jan. 5th 2009

News on 1/5/09

Required Reading - As the Arabs see the Jews

Norwegian doctor in Gaza: "This is an all-out war against Civilians"

Between 600,000 and 700,000 Gazans have no water, some of them going on a week. About one million have no electricity, raw sewage is running in the streets in some places.

Hyundai is taking aim at Americans' worries about job security: If you buy a new Hyundai and lose your job within a year, you can give it back.

UK police have been given the power to hack into PCs without a court warrant

Raul Castro lifts ban on Cubans building their own homes

Excellent Haaretz (Israeli) op-ed slams Israeli government for its inhumanity

Israel rains fire on Gaza with phosphorus shells

Politics on 1/5/09

A US Senator has been stopped by Border Patrol a hundred miles within the border of the US, and the officer referred to his gun when questioned about his authority to make such a stop

He's screwed hundreds of millions of people, but GW will be the first ex-prez to NOT get life-time Secret Service protection

This looks an awful lot like the beginning of a second Great Depression.

Why Are There No Black Senators? - Nate Silver breaks it down like a pro.

Israeli press reports cluster bombs being used in Gaza - no wonder Israel recently refused to sign the treaty to ban them (the U.S. refused too)

Sports on 1/5/09

3...2...1...BLAST OFF!

Steroid Gave "American Gladiators" Star Man-boobs And Painful Intercourse

Boston College will fire their head coach if he interviews with the Jets

Shea Stadium / Citi Field Update - 1/5/09 [pics]

Chicago Blackhawks Ice Dancers at the Winter Classic

Pictures and Memes