Reddit on July 31, 2009: Top Posts and Discussions

Friday, Jul. 31st 2009

News on 7/31/09

Bolivia bans all circus animals - New law defines use of animals in circus an act of cruelty. This is the first law of its kind anywhere in the world.
r/worldnews · gm6799 · 1149 pts
"Anyone with an interest in China, its economy, its place in the world, or the kind of future it will fashion, please take note: This is a big deal."
r/worldnews · kilgen · 840 pts
US military did "major damage" to the Hanging Gardens of Babylon while converting it into a base. Way to go!
r/worldnews · [deleted] · 454 pts
Fox News Middle East map
r/news · kaldrazidrim · 380 pts
An Indian court issued a warrant Friday for the arrest of the former head of the American chemical company responsible for a gas leak that killed at least 10,000 people in Bhopal
r/worldnews · flatbily · 262 pts
Poll shows Americans are more supportive of, or less opposed to, torture than countries such as China, Egypt and Iran.
r/worldnews · salmontarre · 184 pts
UK to ban all private transplants of organs: "... private payments may unfairly influence access to transplant, so they must be banned."
r/worldnews · maxwellhill · 107 pts
In South Africa, Lesbians Are "Corrected" Of Their Homosexuality By Being Gang Raped By Over 30 Men
r/worldnews · alecb · 75 pts

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So... what's the S-video jack for?

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The Sims 3 - "why isn't this game in english?" [PIC]

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transformation

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homer picture a day (gif)

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Hey Reddit, So I wrote to SEGA to ask if they would please grant me permission to keep my Golden Axe ROM. This was their response.

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Travel over 6800 miles by only walking a quarter mile...[PIC]

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boy with chicken [pic]

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Stingray leaping out of the water to escape killer whale [pic]

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Reddit on July 31, 2009

Friday, Jul. 31st 2009

News on 7/31/09

Bolivia bans all circus animals - New law defines use of animals in circus an act of cruelty. This is the first law of its kind anywhere in the world.

"Anyone with an interest in China, its economy, its place in the world, or the kind of future it will fashion, please take note: This is a big deal."

US military did "major damage" to the Hanging Gardens of Babylon while converting it into a base. Way to go!

Fox News Middle East map

An Indian court issued a warrant Friday for the arrest of the former head of the American chemical company responsible for a gas leak that killed at least 10,000 people in Bhopal

Poll shows Americans are more supportive of, or less opposed to, torture than countries such as China, Egypt and Iran.

UK to ban all private transplants of organs: "... private payments may unfairly influence access to transplant, so they must be banned."

In South Africa, Lesbians Are "Corrected" Of Their Homosexuality By Being Gang Raped By Over 30 Men

Politics on 7/31/09

My friend got illegally pulled over and searched in Sealy, TX. This is what he sent to the authorities...

"Cops should be drafted, not recruited. After all, the kind of person who would want to become a police officer is precisely the kind of person who should not be allowed to work as one."

Former FBI translator Sibel Edmonds dropped a bombshell on the Mike Malloy radio show: US maintained 'intimate relations' with Bin Laden, and the Taliban, "all the way until that day of September 11."

My doctor's office sent me a wacko email yesterday spreading propaganda against healthcare reform. here's what I wrote back.

Kucinich: We're Already Paying for Universal Health Care JUST NOT GETTING! IT!

Sports on 7/31/09

Michael Phelps Declines Invitation to Meet Pope

“Leaking (names) from grand jury testimony is a bigger issue than steroids in baseball, and nobody talks about that.”

Sir Bobby Robson Dies At 76

WTF Madden: Jets safety Kerry Rhodes and center Nick Mangold have some serious beef with their ratings on Madden [video]

Jose Canseco claims a Hall of Famer used steroids. Let's be petty, take the low road, and speculate on whom it might be.

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