Reddit on March 5, 2009: Top Posts and Discussions

Thursday, Mar. 5th 2009

News on 3/5/09

Yay, religion: A Roman Catholic archbishop says the abortion of twins carried by a 9-year-old girl who allegedly was raped by her stepfather means excommunication for the girl's mother and her doctors.
r/worldnews · mjk1093 · 525 pts
Bigoted parents don't want to see disabled people on the telly
r/worldnews · superiority · 315 pts
In its final days, the George W. Bush administration issued a Justice Department opinion dramatically reversing most of the legal arguments that governed its war on terrorism
r/worldnews · Criminoboy · 184 pts
Pharmaceutical company Baxter International Inc. has just been caught shipping live avian flu viruses mixed with vaccines to medical distributors in 18 countries.
r/news · delelles · 182 pts
Cambodian torturer claims Nazi defense of "just following orders" as he is prosecuted, while US hypocritically shields American torturers with a defense of "just following orders".
r/worldnews · IntnsRed · 114 pts
To defend Israel six brave IDF soldiers ganged up on elderly man then cuffed, gagged and tortured him | Video
r/worldnews · linkedlist · 95 pts
Woman who went to the doctor for a migrane headache and ended up losing her arm wins court case against big pharma
r/news · cometparty · 57 pts
Followup on the Iranian acid attack victim who wanted her attacker blinded: He has been sentenced to be blinded in one eye because one man is worth two women in Iran. But if she pays $25,000, they'll blind him in both eyes.
r/worldnews · Saydrah · 42 pts

Politics on 3/5/09

Sports on 3/5/09

Pictures and Memes

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Measuring intelligence with Google Suggest: an experiment [PIC]

r/pics · 2k pts

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Anyone else noticing the pigs in the upper right corner of the pics subreddit?

r/pics · 411 pts

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Prom Night. [pic]

r/pics · 221 pts

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spiderpig! (cfabbro is awesome)

r/pics · 194 pts

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Please stop polluting the pics subreddit with "Look how (Female Celebrity) looks in a bikini at (event)!" Reddit is not your tabloid traffic vehicle. Fuck you.

r/pics · 834 pts

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New simplified Irish tax system [PIC]

r/pics · 288 pts

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Calling all shopped-fakery experts! This girl cannot be real. Right? (if thong = NSFW)

r/pics · 204 pts

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I'M AN ANTEATER [wallpaper]

r/pics · 155 pts

Reddit on March 5, 2009

Thursday, Mar. 5th 2009

News on 3/5/09

Yay, religion: A Roman Catholic archbishop says the abortion of twins carried by a 9-year-old girl who allegedly was raped by her stepfather means excommunication for the girl's mother and her doctors.

Bigoted parents don't want to see disabled people on the telly

In its final days, the George W. Bush administration issued a Justice Department opinion dramatically reversing most of the legal arguments that governed its war on terrorism

Pharmaceutical company Baxter International Inc. has just been caught shipping live avian flu viruses mixed with vaccines to medical distributors in 18 countries.

Cambodian torturer claims Nazi defense of "just following orders" as he is prosecuted, while US hypocritically shields American torturers with a defense of "just following orders".

To defend Israel six brave IDF soldiers ganged up on elderly man then cuffed, gagged and tortured him | Video

Woman who went to the doctor for a migrane headache and ended up losing her arm wins court case against big pharma

Followup on the Iranian acid attack victim who wanted her attacker blinded: He has been sentenced to be blinded in one eye because one man is worth two women in Iran. But if she pays $25,000, they'll blind him in both eyes.

Politics on 3/5/09

Last night's Daily Show was a potent and relentless assault on the hypocrisy and greed of Wall Street. Well done Jon!

Bill Hicks on Rush Limbaugh

Baltimore S.W.A.T. Raids Home of Innocent Family: Dad Hit in Face, Puppy Shot, Mom and 12 Year Old Girl Held At Gun Point

Jim Cramer Destroyed CNBC Viewers Wealth In Just 4 Days

Ron Paul's statement on HR 1207 - "Momentum continues to build for Dr. Paul's legislation to audit the Federal Reserve!"

Sports on 3/5/09

I hate Stephen A. Smith, and this site's logo is awesome

Top Fifteen Reasons the Cowboys Released Terrell Owens

Michael Strahan Planted Tracking Device On Gal Pal Nicole Murphy

DiLeo to unveil radical strategy involving defending, making three-point shots

Alex Rodriguez has a torn labrum in his right hip

Pictures and Memes