Reddit on July 29, 2009: Top Posts and Discussions

Wednesday, Jul. 29th 2009

News on 7/29/09

Mum drags daughter onto faux “lie detector test” on live radio, to ask her if she has skipped school/had sex. She reveals to Australia previous rape experience at 12 years old.
r/worldnews · zj5u3n3 · 1649 pts
I'm surprised this hasn't made it higher up on Reddit today... The scale of this bomb that went off in Spain today is incredible! [youtube]
r/worldnews · catinahat1 · 1051 pts
2/3 Swedish physicians consider neonatal circumcision an assault: "The opposing doctors said they did not perform circumcisions unless the procedure was deemed medically necessary. Otherwise, they viewed the procedure as barbaric and akin to unnecessary female circumcision"
r/worldnews · LordVoldemort · 241 pts
Marijuana activists push to legalize pot in California through 2010 ballot initiative : Tax Cannabis 2010
r/news · dc2b18b · 143 pts
Suicide epidemic among Japan's elderly. "We do not want to be a burden on our families. We have been through a lot, and we are not afraid of death."
r/worldnews · [deleted] · 138 pts
Pennsylvania Man Charged with Shining Laser at Police Helicopter - faces 20 years jail
r/news · igeldard · 94 pts
Off duty cop kicks shit out of delivery man (with two other cops). When Khan called for help to bystanders and asked them to call police, Klassen allegedly said: "We are the police."
r/worldnews · conjuror1972 · 86 pts
Contrary to what you may have heard, Islam is not going to take over the Netherlands. The number of Muslims has declined by 25.000 in 3 year. Only 35% of them visit the Mosque at least once a month, as opposed to 47% in 1998.
r/worldnews · accountt1234 · 85 pts

Politics on 7/29/09

Sports on 7/29/09

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As a gamer, moving forward sometimes feels an awful lot like falling backwards. (pic)

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America is not at war [pic]

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I, uh... I can't explain this. Sorry.

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Happiest 96 year old man ever!

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How to sell wide-angle lenses. [pic]

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She'll get mad!

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I've never been so quickly brought to tears.

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The Reddit Curse!!!!

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Reddit on July 29, 2009

Wednesday, Jul. 29th 2009

News on 7/29/09

Mum drags daughter onto faux “lie detector test” on live radio, to ask her if she has skipped school/had sex. She reveals to Australia previous rape experience at 12 years old.

I'm surprised this hasn't made it higher up on Reddit today... The scale of this bomb that went off in Spain today is incredible! [youtube]

2/3 Swedish physicians consider neonatal circumcision an assault: "The opposing doctors said they did not perform circumcisions unless the procedure was deemed medically necessary. Otherwise, they viewed the procedure as barbaric and akin to unnecessary female circumcision"

Marijuana activists push to legalize pot in California through 2010 ballot initiative : Tax Cannabis 2010

Suicide epidemic among Japan's elderly. "We do not want to be a burden on our families. We have been through a lot, and we are not afraid of death."

Pennsylvania Man Charged with Shining Laser at Police Helicopter - faces 20 years jail

Off duty cop kicks shit out of delivery man (with two other cops). When Khan called for help to bystanders and asked them to call police, Klassen allegedly said: "We are the police."

Contrary to what you may have heard, Islam is not going to take over the Netherlands. The number of Muslims has declined by 25.000 in 3 year. Only 35% of them visit the Mosque at least once a month, as opposed to 47% in 1998.

Politics on 7/29/09

Jesse Ventura: "This country will impeach a President for cheating on his wife, but we won’t impeach a President for lying to us and taking us to war where thousands are killed. Something is wrong with that" [video]

If you fail us in health care, we will not be voting for you any longer. Your political career depends on this.

Senate may drop public option?! Dear Democratic Party: GROW SOME!!! Tell the Blue Dogs to get in line, or don't fund their reelections. If you can't get this through, the consequences are going to me much worse than a couple of angry Blue Dogs.

Audit the Fed News: 64% of the House (including 81 Democrats) and 20% of the Senate now support Ron Paul's effort to audit the Federal Reserve! When will Nancy Pelosi finally bring this bill to a vote?

"Blue Dog" Democrat Dan Boren admits he won't support the public option because his state has "a lot of private insurers".

Sports on 7/29/09

Fan catches foul ball. Unimpressive. Fan catches foul ball while holding a baby. WIN. Fan catches foul ball while holding a baby that is holding a gigantic soda. EPIC WIN.

F1: Ferrari confirm Schumacher comeback

YouTube - Lance Armstrong rips journalist a new one.

Official statement from BMW : Leaving F1

Ron Howard's Daughter Is Like T.O.

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