Reddit on August 8, 2009: Top Posts and Discussions

Saturday, Aug. 8th 2009

News on 8/8/09

According the the CIA, Israel account balance is +$1,893,000,000 while US balance is -$568,800,000,000 , yet Israel is the country who benefits the most of US foreign aid, plus another approved $30 billion over the next ten years.
r/worldnews · BanX · 681 pts
A 'democratic' country is now banning people from using the road based on their ancestry. Which one is it? Yep, Israel.
r/worldnews · linkedlist · 519 pts
"...Nothing less than a full moratorium on fishing in the Mediterranean can save the stocks now." - Tuna Trouble in Europe
r/worldnews · TomTerrific · 217 pts
Article: Amnesty International report slams Israel's actions during fighting in Gaza - And now read the comments: Israel's cyber-trolls at work.
r/worldnews · schnuck · 136 pts
Funny or Frightening - Kim Jong-il played his first ever round of golf ... and, according to the state media, completed all 18 holes in a mere 34 shots, a score some 25 shots lower than the next best round in history.
r/worldnews · dairymaid · 127 pts
Now-departed President Bush is a religious crackpot, an ex-drunk of small intellect who “got saved.” He never should have been entrusted with the power to start wars.
r/worldnews · mrguytx · 53 pts
After almost 14 years of construction work and $460 million spent, Berlin opens the world's shortest metro line (1.1 mile).
r/worldnews · Oz-Batty · 40 pts
Iceland: Lessons to be Learned from The Economic Meltdown: "Gordon Brown is wrong when he says that he and his government have no responsibility in the matter."
r/worldnews · maxwellhill · 40 pts

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Why I <3 my Toyota Prius

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Always Classic Pose (slightly NSFW)

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Reddit: I give you Redditor! [pic]

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Things to do with old GI Joe toys.

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Big gay ice cream truck [pic]

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One of the world’s longest exposures ever. For 6 months between the winter and summer solstice, Justin Quinnell left open his homemade pinhole camera. The lowest arc shows the first day of exposure on the winter solstice, the top curves were captured in the middle of summer.

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Seriously Newegg? [PIC]

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Redditor addicted to coke

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Reddit on August 8, 2009

Saturday, Aug. 8th 2009

News on 8/8/09

According the the CIA, Israel account balance is +$1,893,000,000 while US balance is -$568,800,000,000 , yet Israel is the country who benefits the most of US foreign aid, plus another approved $30 billion over the next ten years.

A 'democratic' country is now banning people from using the road based on their ancestry. Which one is it? Yep, Israel.

"...Nothing less than a full moratorium on fishing in the Mediterranean can save the stocks now." - Tuna Trouble in Europe

Article: Amnesty International report slams Israel's actions during fighting in Gaza - And now read the comments: Israel's cyber-trolls at work.

Funny or Frightening - Kim Jong-il played his first ever round of golf ... and, according to the state media, completed all 18 holes in a mere 34 shots, a score some 25 shots lower than the next best round in history.

Now-departed President Bush is a religious crackpot, an ex-drunk of small intellect who “got saved.” He never should have been entrusted with the power to start wars.

After almost 14 years of construction work and $460 million spent, Berlin opens the world's shortest metro line (1.1 mile).

Iceland: Lessons to be Learned from The Economic Meltdown: "Gordon Brown is wrong when he says that he and his government have no responsibility in the matter."

Politics on 8/8/09

There are two simple core reasons why the Republicans want to destroy Obama's healthcare bill at any cost: 1. If they win, (they believe) it will destroy Obama's credibility. 2. If they lose they know it will destroy theirs. Whether it is good for the country or not never enters the equation.

Is the U.S. on the brink of fascism? No, not the bullshit fascism Glenn Beck warns of, rather the real fascism that he and Rush help foster - hypernationalism, corporatism, and xenophobia which are now leading to rowdy mobs shouting down the opposition.

Seriously RNC? Oh, it's on now.

My dad died last night; my mother was laid to rest nine days ago: A few words about hospice care (and Sarah Palin's lies about "death panels")

I AM AN AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE SHITHEEL

Sports on 8/8/09

Handsome Devil

In all, an extraordinary 16 players from the 2001 Miami football team were drafted in the first-round of the NFL Draft

Well, what do you know? SI.com article MLBPA exonerates Big Papi from steroid use. "Not all players on list tested positive for steroids"

A Week’s Worth of Ranting and Raving

Rafael Nadal uncertain he'll be 100 percent for U.S. Open - ESPN

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