Reddit on June 18, 2009: Top Posts and Discussions

Thursday, Jun. 18th 2009

News on 6/18/09

Mistaken for a protester in Tehran, an officer grabbed me, pinned my arm behind my back and led me into the bowels of the Interior Ministry headquarters
r/worldnews · sassanix · 454 pts
Ridiculous: Mother of four fined $1.92 million for sharing 24 songs on Kazaa.
r/news · charlesgrrr · 350 pts
Department of Defense maps of probable Soviet World War III plans
r/worldnews · BlueOrange · 277 pts
City in Montana requires job applicants to hand over all social network logins and passwords for background checks
r/news · brainburger · 249 pts
1 Out Of 4 Men In South Africa Have Commited Rape. 1 Out Of 10 SA Men Have Been Raped By Other Men.
r/worldnews · [deleted] · 248 pts
2,000 indigenous people from the Association for the Development of the Peruvian Jungle gathered to protest plans for the U.S.-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement. At least 50 are dead and 100s missing after Peruvian police used helicopters and ground troops to suppress the demonstration.
r/worldnews · blackstar9000 · 233 pts
Australia considering taking legal action against Japan to stop it killing whales
r/worldnews · findaonline · 148 pts
FiveThirtyEight, one of the best election and polling analysis sites, is doubtful of the statistical evidence of vote fraud in Iran
r/worldnews · sunkid · 98 pts

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Sports on 6/18/09

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upvote if.... [PIC]

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The flight attendant gave me a dirty look lol [pic]

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Samurai Vodka [PIC]

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You've gotta love NASA sometimes...

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What you can do with that old Clash cassette tape [pic]

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I searched this for myself. Just in case I'm not the only dim one, this may help someone else.

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Photo: Your Dad does WHAT now?

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If you discover a fire ... break glass, DO NOT USE TWITTER!

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Reddit on June 18, 2009

Thursday, Jun. 18th 2009

News on 6/18/09

Mistaken for a protester in Tehran, an officer grabbed me, pinned my arm behind my back and led me into the bowels of the Interior Ministry headquarters

Ridiculous: Mother of four fined $1.92 million for sharing 24 songs on Kazaa.

Department of Defense maps of probable Soviet World War III plans

City in Montana requires job applicants to hand over all social network logins and passwords for background checks

1 Out Of 4 Men In South Africa Have Commited Rape. 1 Out Of 10 SA Men Have Been Raped By Other Men.

2,000 indigenous people from the Association for the Development of the Peruvian Jungle gathered to protest plans for the U.S.-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement. At least 50 are dead and 100s missing after Peruvian police used helicopters and ground troops to suppress the demonstration.

Australia considering taking legal action against Japan to stop it killing whales

FiveThirtyEight, one of the best election and polling analysis sites, is doubtful of the statistical evidence of vote fraud in Iran

Politics on 6/18/09

There is a bill, right NOW, that would prevent ISP bandwidth caps. You know what to do, reddit

City in Montana requires job applicants to hand over all social network logins and passwords for background checks

BREAKING: Barney Frank introduced a bill to decriminalize possession of 3.5 ounces of marijuana today!

Ron Paul: "I wonder what happened to my colleagues who voted with me as I opposed every war supplemental request under the previous administration. It seems, with very few exceptions, they have changed their position on the war now that the White House has changed hands."

Secret letter from Iranian minister of interior to Ayatollah Ali Khamenei: "For the Attention of the Supreme Leader... for your information only, I am telling you the actual results. Mr Mousavi has 19,075,623, Mr Karroubi 13,387,104, and Mr Ahmadinejad a mere 5,698,417."

Sports on 6/18/09

A college softball coach did one of the pettiest, least sportsman-like things I've ever heard of in order to (illegitimately) win a game

Top Ten Athletes With Illegitimate Kids

Stallworth suspended indefinitely by NFL

Steroids Exist In Baseball, What About The Other Sports?

F1 teams to set up rival series

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