Reddit on August 19, 2009: Top Posts and Discussions

Wednesday, Aug. 19th 2009

News on 8/19/09

Orthodox Islamic school treats Dutch teachers who are not Muslims as inferior beings. They have to have their meals separately, cannot be greeted in the same way as Muslims, and must teach that Christianity will be abolished.
r/worldnews · Theoden · 517 pts
Canada: The new global drug lord Canada is a leading producer, and exporter, of illegal synthetic drugs. Canucks, I admit I never knew this...
r/worldnews · [deleted] · 471 pts
Bill Clinton's visit to North Korea revealed more about the nation than intelligence has been able to uncover for decades
r/worldnews · teresesaplys · 341 pts
Google ordered to reveal ID of blogger who called model a skank and a ho so that she can sue him. We're all doomed
r/news · Ra__ · 223 pts
Israel Absolves Itself of Responsibility for Brain-Damaged American Peace Activist - Activist shot in the head,near point blank by high velocity tear gas round, designed to be fired from 300 meters.
r/worldnews · [deleted] · 171 pts
At least 95 people were killed and 563 wounded in a series of truck bombings and other attacks on Wednesday that rocked areas around official buildings in central Baghdad
r/worldnews · To1kien · 111 pts
Is she really a HE? Women's 800m gold medal favorite told to take gender test hours before World Championship race.
r/worldnews · homeworld · 81 pts
UK defends NHS against stateside attacks. [vid]
r/worldnews · antimetric · 70 pts

Politics on 8/19/09

Sports on 8/19/09

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My village 100 years ago and now

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Yahoo! Answers makes me fear for the future of the human race

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Wait, so does this mean Keanu Reeves has reached max level?

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Must be a slow news day, Mr. Babyman, Digg.com "power-user" had to rip off my "Max Level" Connery pic submission for his own.

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"Yo Dawg" meme in translationparty.com. Hilarity ensues!

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Facepalm. (pic)

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I recently went to Sweden on a hike. I bought this on the train station in Stockholm.

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Beautifully detailed world map from 1689 at an awesomely high resolution!

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If subreddits were people... [PIC]

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Reddit on August 19, 2009

Wednesday, Aug. 19th 2009

News on 8/19/09

Orthodox Islamic school treats Dutch teachers who are not Muslims as inferior beings. They have to have their meals separately, cannot be greeted in the same way as Muslims, and must teach that Christianity will be abolished.

Canada: The new global drug lord Canada is a leading producer, and exporter, of illegal synthetic drugs. Canucks, I admit I never knew this...

Bill Clinton's visit to North Korea revealed more about the nation than intelligence has been able to uncover for decades

Google ordered to reveal ID of blogger who called model a skank and a ho so that she can sue him. We're all doomed

Israel Absolves Itself of Responsibility for Brain-Damaged American Peace Activist - Activist shot in the head,near point blank by high velocity tear gas round, designed to be fired from 300 meters.

At least 95 people were killed and 563 wounded in a series of truck bombings and other attacks on Wednesday that rocked areas around official buildings in central Baghdad

Is she really a HE? Women's 800m gold medal favorite told to take gender test hours before World Championship race.

UK defends NHS against stateside attacks. [vid]

Politics on 8/19/09

The guy who won Bush v. Gore is taking same-sex marriage to the Supreme Court--to argue that it's an inalienable civil right

Why aren't the religious right fighting tooth and nail for the Public Option? I mean, they go ape shit all over protecting the life of a fetus; why not the life of a full grown human?

Tom Ridge now admits that the Bush Adminstration urged him to raise the Homeland Security alert level during the heat of Bush's re-election campaign, an act so blatantly political he considered resigning over it.

Remember those rallies and gatherings where Bush and Dick Cheney spoke? Back then, the Secret Service got local police to herd protesters into what they called “Free Speech Zones.” Forget guns. Just an “Impeach Bush” T-shirt was enough to have cops arrest you.

The Dartmouth girl who was smacked down by Barney Frank is part of an insular group called LaRouchePAC. Luckily, I have been studying them.

Sports on 8/19/09

Favre officially vilified in Green Bay

She's supposed to be going for gold tonight (Wed) but first she needs to prove she's not a he.

Marshall admits he doesn’t know playbook, yet still wants Broncos to give him an extension

The Onion: Brett Favre Just Chucks Reputation Up There

The Biggest Attention Whores In Sports

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