Reddit on March 15, 2009: Top Posts and Discussions

Sunday, Mar. 15th 2009

News on 3/15/09

Schoolchildren are being over-praised and are developing an "all about me" mentality
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AIG, which has received more than $170 billion in taxpayer bailout money, plans to pay about $165 million in bonuses by Sunday to executives in the same business unit that brought the company to the brink of collapse last year.
r/worldnews · heyword · 264 pts
Awesome Sci-Fi Inventions That Would Actually Suck
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Taliban's new "constitution" -- will execute foreign aid workers as spies; won't allow girls to go to schools
r/worldnews · maxwellhill · 219 pts
Iraqi footballer shot dead by a spectator as he was about to score an equalising goal.
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MEXICO UNDER SIEGE - - - Drug cartels' new weaponry means war
r/worldnews · unclefred · 176 pts
Op-Ed titled, "Zionism is the Problem"
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Holding hands in public, dancing, kissing and playing loud music in public are now considered inappropriate behaviour in Dubai
r/worldnews · nebm · 119 pts

Politics on 3/15/09

Sports on 3/15/09

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Drive thru..?

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[PIC]The space shuttle just went off, near my house

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This is getting out of hand

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BMW Designs an incredibly cool loooking gaming computer [pic]

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Kickass! [Pic]

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Eventually, we all feel this way

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My wife has a weird sense of humor [PIC]

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40 Stunning Wallpapers

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Reddit on March 15, 2009

Sunday, Mar. 15th 2009

News on 3/15/09

Schoolchildren are being over-praised and are developing an "all about me" mentality

AIG, which has received more than $170 billion in taxpayer bailout money, plans to pay about $165 million in bonuses by Sunday to executives in the same business unit that brought the company to the brink of collapse last year.

Awesome Sci-Fi Inventions That Would Actually Suck

Taliban's new "constitution" -- will execute foreign aid workers as spies; won't allow girls to go to schools

Iraqi footballer shot dead by a spectator as he was about to score an equalising goal.

MEXICO UNDER SIEGE - - - Drug cartels' new weaponry means war

Op-Ed titled, "Zionism is the Problem"

Holding hands in public, dancing, kissing and playing loud music in public are now considered inappropriate behaviour in Dubai

Politics on 3/15/09

GOOD IDEA: California ballot initiative seeks to strike “Marriage” from state law. Everything would now get civil unions and marriage would be a personal, religious ceremony.

Anyone ever noticed that the "liberal media" is made up of mostly sober outlets like the AP and NPR, or left-leaning pundits that simply report with a slant, while the "conservative media" is almost ALL shouty maniacs like Beck and Limbaugh who want to declare war on the left?

WTF is it with Cheney all over the MSM today? Does anyone actually care what this washed-up, corrupt asshole thinks? He should only be on TV because he's been arrested for treason!

Ron Paul on legalizing marijuana: "... the real regulation should come from the individual, the family, the parents and the community; that's what prevents drug use, not some Federal Thug coming in with guns and arresting some kid and throwing him in prison for life."

Bitter Tucker Carlson tries to exact revenge on Jon Stewart

Sports on 3/15/09

Just in case you didn't know, every NCAA Basketball Tournament game will be streamed live for free.

Full NCAA Basketball Bracket Out

Top 25 SI covers of the 80s

Hey /r/sports - Our school's Bball team just fought its way into the NCAA tournament. In case you're wondering "Who the hell are the Radford Highlanders?" while watching us lose to UNC, this is how we got there.

Jay Cutler asks Broncos for trade

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