Reddit on February 12, 2009: Top Posts and Discussions

Thursday, Feb. 12th 2009

News on 2/12/09

A teenage thief picked on the wrong victim when she tried to run off with a bag belonging to pensioner Jean Hirst - a former championship sprinter.
r/worldnews · mpind · 1182 pts
Christians in Jerusalem want Jews to stop spitting on them
r/worldnews · tsfrankie · 747 pts
Why you should NEVER, EVER, EVER, under ANY circumstances, talk to the Police
r/news · antihostile · 297 pts
Israeli high court rules that village in the supposedly Palestinian controlled West Bank be demolished, 'settlements' are to be developed in the area
r/worldnews · linkedlist · 260 pts
Russian and US satellites collide
r/worldnews · [deleted] · 166 pts
Tens of thousands of U.S. guns missing in Afghanistan
r/worldnews · kukkuzejt · 136 pts
Luo Ping, a director-general at the China Banking Regulatory Commission, "We hate you guys. Once you start issuing $1 trillion-$2 trillion. . .we know the dollar is going to depreciate, so we hate you guys but there is nothing much we can do.”
r/worldnews · ChickenFriedCheese · 112 pts
9 out 11 secessionist southern states vote against acknowledging Lincoln's 200th birthday... I thought the Civil War was over and we were all happy that the North won? Am I wrong?!!??
r/news · kavalier · 107 pts

Politics on 2/12/09

Sports on 2/12/09

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This Is Art

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Wow

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Here is how I see the Reddit Alien.

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Last Shot - Ooops : (Pic)

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Heidi Klum as Jessica Rabbit

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Sunshine State

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An awesome collection of Aircraft photos….

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Here is how I see the Reddit Alien.

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Reddit on February 12, 2009

Thursday, Feb. 12th 2009

News on 2/12/09

A teenage thief picked on the wrong victim when she tried to run off with a bag belonging to pensioner Jean Hirst - a former championship sprinter.

Christians in Jerusalem want Jews to stop spitting on them

Why you should NEVER, EVER, EVER, under ANY circumstances, talk to the Police

Israeli high court rules that village in the supposedly Palestinian controlled West Bank be demolished, 'settlements' are to be developed in the area

Russian and US satellites collide

Tens of thousands of U.S. guns missing in Afghanistan

Luo Ping, a director-general at the China Banking Regulatory Commission, "We hate you guys. Once you start issuing $1 trillion-$2 trillion. . .we know the dollar is going to depreciate, so we hate you guys but there is nothing much we can do.”

9 out 11 secessionist southern states vote against acknowledging Lincoln's 200th birthday... I thought the Civil War was over and we were all happy that the North won? Am I wrong?!!??

Politics on 2/12/09

Witch-hunt over Phelps' bong photo kicks into high gear - a dozen cops with guns drawn kick down door, illustrate tragic absurdity of war on cannabis

18 YearOld Having Sex with 14 Year Old Girl gets 10 days in jail...No Sex Offender Regsitry.. Why, He's Connected!

Republicans: Spare Me Your Newfound "Fiscal Responsibility" | President Barack Obama had to remind Mara Liasson of Fox News and NPR that it was the Republicans who doubled the national debt over the past eight year.

GOP Rep: "FDR put our country into a Great Depression ... That's just history." Wow.... is Republican knowledge of history really this bad?

Sen. Dianne Feinstein's Anti Network Neutrality not included in stimulus bill.

Sports on 2/12/09

Womans "swim across the Atlantic" a hoax--yet first reported as a real feat

Let's Stand Up To This Bullying and Grandstanding! Local Sheriff has arrested renters on pot charges JUST to get to Phelps for one lousy photo.

Ten Great Basketball Shots to Use in Horse

Video: Florida Panthers announcer's pop culture reference experiment - [Hysterical]

Top 10 Most Awkward Sports Interviews

Pictures and Memes