Reddit on August 20, 2009: Top Posts and Discussions

Thursday, Aug. 20th 2009

News on 8/20/09

UK Government says no to a show and tell from the guy who cloned the UK ID card in just 12 minutes. Haven't they got something to learn?
r/worldnews · Joeliebaby · 602 pts
Usain Bolt WR 200m 19.19s
r/worldnews · [deleted] · 425 pts
Australian woman, residing in Japan was a victim of a violent rape by American servicemen. Japanese police made no attempt to preserve urine sample, sperm or DNA on her body. Why?... because in 1953, Japan agreed not to exercise primary right of jurisdiction over members of the U.S. armed forces
r/worldnews · maxwellhill · 344 pts
Mexico decriminalizes small-scale drug possession
r/news · jack_alexander · 182 pts
CIA spent millions hiring Blackwater as part of a secret program to assassinate top al-Qaeda figures
r/news · fishbert · 117 pts
Lockerbie bomber's release agreed
r/worldnews · redRob · 103 pts
The Blind Pakistani Cricket team have been denied visas to the UK, after being invited by the English Cricket Council to defend their championship.
r/worldnews · sule21 · 96 pts
Michael Moore: "The congressional Democrats, what a bunch of losers -- weak, scared, stupid. They had better get a clue pretty quick"
r/news · [deleted] · 86 pts

Politics on 8/20/09

Sports on 8/20/09

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I knew they were real!

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My city 100 years ago and now

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Reddit makes me laugh about the future of the human race

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2girls1up

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No, I'm the Batman!

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He's the 2009 Pokemon Card Championship Winner! Fuck yeah!

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Do I win?

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Who's sniffing my ear? When I get hold of....HOLY CRAP IT'S A LION![gif]

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Reddit on August 20, 2009

Thursday, Aug. 20th 2009

News on 8/20/09

UK Government says no to a show and tell from the guy who cloned the UK ID card in just 12 minutes. Haven't they got something to learn?

Usain Bolt WR 200m 19.19s

Australian woman, residing in Japan was a victim of a violent rape by American servicemen. Japanese police made no attempt to preserve urine sample, sperm or DNA on her body. Why?... because in 1953, Japan agreed not to exercise primary right of jurisdiction over members of the U.S. armed forces

Mexico decriminalizes small-scale drug possession

CIA spent millions hiring Blackwater as part of a secret program to assassinate top al-Qaeda figures

Lockerbie bomber's release agreed

The Blind Pakistani Cricket team have been denied visas to the UK, after being invited by the English Cricket Council to defend their championship.

Michael Moore: "The congressional Democrats, what a bunch of losers -- weak, scared, stupid. They had better get a clue pretty quick"

Politics on 8/20/09

Tom Ridge: 'I Was Pressured To Raise Terror Alert To Help Bush Win'

Sen. Ensign: My affair wasn’t "legally wrong" - Republican who called for Bill Clinton’s resignation says he won’t quit.

What's worse than yelling "Heil Hitler" at a Jew who lost his family in the Holocaust? Defending it.

"California spends $216,000 annually on each inmate in the juvenile justice system. In contrast, it spends only $8,000 on each child attending the troubled Oakland public school system."

Limbaugh tells caller who can't afford $6,000 to treat broken wrist: "Well, you shouldn't have broken your wrist"

Sports on 8/20/09

Mets Retaliate For David Wright Beaning By Murdering Pablo Sandoval

Shaq's behind-the-back move - O'Neal takes Suns star Nash's idea for a reality TV show and runs away with it

Usain Bolt Runs 19.19 World Record 200m (Video)

ERROR: Does not compute---MARCUS Vick gets DUI. He gets to choose either one year in jail or state ordered program. He chooses program but fails to pay costs. Gets 20 days of jail instead.

Plaxico Burress pleads guilty, draws 2-year prison sentence

Pictures and Memes