Reddit on January 29, 2009: Top Posts and Discussions

Thursday, Jan. 29th 2009

News on 1/29/09

This is a picture of Gaza students back to school after the bombings. The cards mention the names [and ages] of the students who are not there anymore.
r/worldnews · MikeAwesome · 1407 pts
"You are killing people." Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has stormed off the stage at the World Economic Forum in Davos after an argument with Israel's president.
r/worldnews · pechinburger · 626 pts
World gets its first gay head of state
r/worldnews · EmpiresCrumble · 618 pts
Russia to "present evidence to the United Nations that the North Pole belongs to the Russians." - "If these rights are not recognized, Russia will withdraw from the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea."
r/worldnews · barbear3 · 507 pts
Blackwater Worldwide Security Kicked Out Of Iraq
r/news · meg1 · 295 pts
Zimbabwe abandons its currency
r/worldnews · polar · 280 pts
"The operating permission for the firm Blackwater will not be renewed. Its chance is zero," said Alaa al-Taie, head of the press department at Iraq's Interior Ministry.
r/worldnews · kerbuffel · 170 pts
Soleful tribute: Bush shoe-throwing now a work of art
r/worldnews · vlcod · 114 pts

Politics on 1/29/09

Sports on 1/29/09

Pictures and Memes

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Sieg Fail [pic]

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Most depressingly hilarious PostSecret card ever.

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1925 Drexel Institute Girls’ Rifle Team (pic)

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Of all the stock photography in the world, THIS is the one they went with?

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YO DAWG (hemp in your hemp...bake while you bake)

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Invasion! [pic]

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[Gif] Now *that* is mean !

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Contemporary city photoshopped with war-scenes from history

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Best picture of network cables I've ever seen (nsfw if you look too close)

r/pics · 140 pts

Reddit on January 29, 2009

Thursday, Jan. 29th 2009

News on 1/29/09

This is a picture of Gaza students back to school after the bombings. The cards mention the names [and ages] of the students who are not there anymore.

"You are killing people." Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has stormed off the stage at the World Economic Forum in Davos after an argument with Israel's president.

World gets its first gay head of state

Russia to "present evidence to the United Nations that the North Pole belongs to the Russians." - "If these rights are not recognized, Russia will withdraw from the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea."

Blackwater Worldwide Security Kicked Out Of Iraq

Zimbabwe abandons its currency

"The operating permission for the firm Blackwater will not be renewed. Its chance is zero," said Alaa al-Taie, head of the press department at Iraq's Interior Ministry.

Soleful tribute: Bush shoe-throwing now a work of art

Politics on 1/29/09

Ronald Reagan used to tell a story about a welfare queen who collected food stamps while driving a Cadillac. What are we to call people who collect tens of billions from the taxpayer – and then redirect $4 billion to themselves?

Professional poker player gets "mugged" by DEA agents who automatically assume that someone who can pay for a first-class airline ticket with cash is a drug dealer

Bail-Out Banks Caught On A Phone Call Discussing Ways To Use Bail-Out Dollars To Lobby Against Unions...

Military Judge Denies Obama Request to Suspend Guantanamo Hearings - Wait a minute, isn't Obama the Commander-in-Chief?

Blair (R-Berkeley) proposes legislative bill that would subject anyone collecting food stamps, welfare checks or jobless benefits to random drug testing!

Sports on 1/29/09

How Much Real Action Is There In An NFL Football Game?

Federer crushes Roddick in Open semi

The Most Ridiculous Series of Events in a Soccer Game Ever…That Don’t Involve Someone Getting Bludgeoned

Wake Forest Knocks Off No. 1 Duke

Super Bowl brings flood of stuff to Ebay. Does anyone even care to buy this crap?

Pictures and Memes