Reddit on May 8, 2009: Top Posts and Discussions

Friday, May. 8th 2009

News on 5/8/09

US ex-soldier guilty of Iraq rape in case where 14 year old girl gang raped by 4 soldiers, killed along with parents and sister, then home burned down
r/worldnews · pechinburger · 521 pts
Australian Gov't broke new records for web censorship by requiring the takedown not just of a page containing harmful content, nor even a page linking to harmful content, but a page linking to a link to allegedly harmful content.
r/worldnews · maxwellhill · 351 pts
Germany to ban paintball after school massacre
r/worldnews · [deleted] · 231 pts
The Lonely Life of Afghanistan's Only Pig.
r/worldnews · [deleted] · 179 pts
Sean Hannity's Flock Want Him Waterboarded
r/news · drivelocity · 126 pts
Eric Arthur Blair aka George Orwell must be proud: Thought police muscle up in Britain
r/worldnews · sharmouta · 100 pts
Breakdown of U.S.-Israel cooperation under Obama worries Jerusalem
r/worldnews · calanya · 78 pts
US Armed Forces 'Black' Budget = The 2nd Largest Military on Earth
r/news · BravoLima · 62 pts

Politics on 5/8/09

Sports on 5/8/09

Pictures and Memes

Preview

In 1918, 18,000 Iowa National Guard soldiers stood in 105 degree heat to form a human statue of liberty. [PIC]

r/pics · 917 pts

Preview

What Goes Around...

r/pics · 691 pts

Preview

Original cast of the Goonies. Can anyone spot Chuck? [PIC]

r/pics · 355 pts

Preview

My late Grandpa's belt buckle [PIC]

r/pics · 195 pts

Preview

Fishing [PIC]

r/pics · 860 pts

Preview

F-15I Trail (pic)

r/pics · 434 pts

Preview

That's the answer I was looking for!

r/pics · 264 pts

Preview

No, this is the most awesome painting. [PIC]

r/pics · 136 pts

Reddit on May 8, 2009

Friday, May. 8th 2009

News on 5/8/09

US ex-soldier guilty of Iraq rape in case where 14 year old girl gang raped by 4 soldiers, killed along with parents and sister, then home burned down

Australian Gov't broke new records for web censorship by requiring the takedown not just of a page containing harmful content, nor even a page linking to harmful content, but a page linking to a link to allegedly harmful content.

Germany to ban paintball after school massacre

The Lonely Life of Afghanistan's Only Pig.

Sean Hannity's Flock Want Him Waterboarded

Eric Arthur Blair aka George Orwell must be proud: Thought police muscle up in Britain

Breakdown of U.S.-Israel cooperation under Obama worries Jerusalem

US Armed Forces 'Black' Budget = The 2nd Largest Military on Earth

Politics on 5/8/09

Can we stop with the strawmen already? Socialism is NOT the USSR, and Libertarianism is NOT Somalia. Socialism is NOT Communism, and Libertarianism is NOT Anarchism! And even commies and anarchists should still get to participate in debates without being dismissed outright.

FBI states that about 385,000 people who are on the terror watchlist shouldn't even be on the list. Bonus: No way to update the records.

Stephen Colbert Makes Fun of the Sean Hannity Liberty Tree

Conservatives Should Lose Their 'Al Qaeda are Worse Than Nazis' Talking Point--Millions of Nazis took large swaths of Europe by force; tens of millions died. Al Qaeda is a group of lunatics who live in caves.

"Just for good measure, Bush also opened the floodgates to pork barrel spending by refusing to veto anything until well into his second term. There were, of course, no tea party demonstrations during the Bush years."

Sports on 5/8/09

What are the odds? Ball of paper decides the UEFA-Cup semi-final [Video]

Will Manny Ramirez Assert "Small Balls" Defense?

Baseball legend Dom DiMaggio dies at age 92

The Evolution of Today's Baseball Teams: Names, Cities, and Uniforms (Pics)

10 Epic Goalie Fights with Video Evidence

Pictures and Memes