Reddit on June 20, 2009: Top Posts and Discussions

Saturday, Jun. 20th 2009

News on 6/20/09

Woman killed in protests (Iran) *shocking, nsfw.
r/worldnews · cactusrex · 2541 pts
Fuck Yeah! Basij headquarters in Tehran has been destroyed [Video]
r/worldnews · Deadpixel1221 · 543 pts
Crooks in Parliament - More than 50 MPs have claimed expenses for council tax they have not paid - will they be charged with criminal fraud?
r/worldnews · BritishLion · 224 pts
"Why would fraudulent numbers look any different? The reason is that humans are bad at making up numbers...we examined the pairs of last and second-to-last digits in Iran's vote counts" - the stats don't lie (hopefully)
r/news · gukeums1 · 206 pts
As a reaction to the internet censorship passed by the German parliament on thursday, parliamentarian Jörg Tauss is leaving the Social Democrats for the Pirate Party! He is keeping his mandate until the elections in september.
r/worldnews · [deleted] · 194 pts
Independent Jewish Voices Canada to boycott Israel; calls on government to do same
r/worldnews · [deleted] · 104 pts
Her name was Neda
r/worldnews · acangiano · 93 pts
For days now, I’ve seen them [ Iranian women] urging less courageous men on. I’ve seen them get beaten and return to the fray. “Why are you sitting there?” one shouted at a couple of men perched on the sidewalk on Saturday. “Get up! Get up!”
r/worldnews · [deleted] · 84 pts

Politics on 6/20/09

Sports on 6/20/09

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Detention [Pic]

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Casual guy, nothing freaks him out.

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daytime in space

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I got my reddit shirt yesterday. It was laying on the kitchen table. My 6 year old daughter saw it this morning and immediately drew this. Draw your own conclusions.

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Me vs Toaster (looks like I'm not alone in doing this)

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This changes everything

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Comic book from 1948 shows Bender traveled back in time to terrorize women [pic]

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Iranian protest girl's bloody face makes CNN

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Reddit on June 20, 2009

Saturday, Jun. 20th 2009

News on 6/20/09

Woman killed in protests (Iran) *shocking, nsfw.

Fuck Yeah! Basij headquarters in Tehran has been destroyed [Video]

Crooks in Parliament - More than 50 MPs have claimed expenses for council tax they have not paid - will they be charged with criminal fraud?

"Why would fraudulent numbers look any different? The reason is that humans are bad at making up numbers...we examined the pairs of last and second-to-last digits in Iran's vote counts" - the stats don't lie (hopefully)

As a reaction to the internet censorship passed by the German parliament on thursday, parliamentarian Jörg Tauss is leaving the Social Democrats for the Pirate Party! He is keeping his mandate until the elections in september.

Independent Jewish Voices Canada to boycott Israel; calls on government to do same

Her name was Neda

For days now, I’ve seen them [ Iranian women] urging less courageous men on. I’ve seen them get beaten and return to the fray. “Why are you sitting there?” one shouted at a couple of men perched on the sidewalk on Saturday. “Get up! Get up!”

Politics on 6/20/09

Iranian girl dies on camera marching for freedom from tyranny. I will never forget this. P.S. Fuck You Khamenei. [GRAPHIC]

Bill Maher: "we don't have a left and a right party anymore, we have a center-right party and a crazy party" Finally someone is pointing out this obvious fact!

Judge fines 40 people $2,000 each for signing a petition to unseat their county supervisors. What was that about "the right of the people to petition the government for a redress of grievances"?

Boycott WashingtonPost.com. Employing Bill Kristol While Firing Dan Froomkin is an Insult to Our Collective Intelligence.

2% of Cops Cause Almost 100% of Police Brutality

Sports on 6/20/09

Muhammad Ali dodging punches (gif)

Plaxico Burress…a Giant mistake for the Jets!

How freaking awesome... playing video games on the Dallas Cowboys' 11,200 square foot big screen

Man U and Tevez talks fall apart. Tevez confirmed to leave.

Junior hockey prospect (projected late 1st to 2nd round) being tried for manslaughter

Pictures and Memes