Reddit on March 17, 2009: Top Posts and Discussions

Tuesday, Mar. 17th 2009

News on 3/17/09

Australian Government adds Wikileaks to banned website list
r/worldnews · what3v3r · 1706 pts
Hello Wikileaks? Huge UK Bank gags newspaper from revealing multi-million pound tax rort.
r/worldnews · glengyron · 645 pts
Wikileaks associated Human Rights Lawyer assasinated
r/worldnews · [deleted] · 585 pts
Fox News apologizes for dishonest splicing of Biden clip.
r/news · Mendokusai · 238 pts
It's the end of the road for Vietnamese victims of Agent Orange. US court refuses to hear final appeal by Vietnamese plaintiffs against chemical giants Dow and Monsanto
r/worldnews · maxwellhill · 183 pts
Unbelievable: Official AIDS infection rate in Washington DC is 3% - on par with Uganda and much worse than many African nations
r/news · randomb0y · 78 pts
Hyperlinking to WikiLeaks can cost you 11 Thousand dollars in Australia
r/worldnews · [deleted] · 68 pts
"Pope says condoms not the answer to fighting AIDS" - in fact they make the problem worse. People actually listen to this fossil?
r/worldnews · airhead75 · 60 pts

Politics on 3/17/09

Sports on 3/17/09

Pictures and Memes

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tourism is kinda sad [pic]

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Space Shuttle launch as seen from ISS.[PIC]

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Car with surprise [pics]

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Imperial Stormtroopers: They’re Just Like Us!

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It's funny because it's true (Star Wars)

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Jesus: Delivery Expert [PIC]

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This never gets old. There is so much subtext and subtle mystery...it's like the Internet's Mona Lisa.

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i always chuckle when this happens on CL [PIC]

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Reddit on March 17, 2009

Tuesday, Mar. 17th 2009

News on 3/17/09

Australian Government adds Wikileaks to banned website list

Hello Wikileaks? Huge UK Bank gags newspaper from revealing multi-million pound tax rort.

Wikileaks associated Human Rights Lawyer assasinated

Fox News apologizes for dishonest splicing of Biden clip.

It's the end of the road for Vietnamese victims of Agent Orange. US court refuses to hear final appeal by Vietnamese plaintiffs against chemical giants Dow and Monsanto

Unbelievable: Official AIDS infection rate in Washington DC is 3% - on par with Uganda and much worse than many African nations

Hyperlinking to WikiLeaks can cost you 11 Thousand dollars in Australia

"Pope says condoms not the answer to fighting AIDS" - in fact they make the problem worse. People actually listen to this fossil?

Politics on 3/17/09

New bill would tax AIG bonuses at 100 percent | The sponsor of the new bill, Rep. Steve Israel (D-Huntington), said Tuesday that "if we can't kill the bonuses, we'll tax the bonuses.

Cheney: "We've never made the case, or argued the case, that somehow Osama Bin Laden was directly involved in 9/11"

Los Angeles destroys community garden plot. LAPD cops stand guard as the food supply of hundreds of poor L.A. families is being bulldozed into dust. Profits before People.

Wondering why Cheney is making the rounds this week? ICRC, "legal guardian" of the Geneva Convention, finds torture was committed at U.S. interrogation sites. Yes, that means WAR CRIMES. No, I'm not exagerrating.

The Constitution didn't limit what citizens could do. Its only purpose was to spell out - enumerate - what was permissible for the federal government to do. And anything not authorized was forbidden to the federal government.

Sports on 3/17/09

ESPN's excess coverage is ruining fan appreciation

New Jersey goaltender Martin Brodeur has won his 552nd career game, moving past Patrick Roy into first place on the NHL's all-time wins list.

Houston Rockets forward Carl Landry suffered a gunshot wound to his lower leg early this morning in a possible drive-by shooting or failed robbery.

Premier league football comes to Basra

Milwaukee Bucks forward Charlie Villanueva is in hot water for Twittering during halftime.

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