Reddit on August 21, 2009: Top Posts and Discussions

Friday, Aug. 21st 2009

News on 8/21/09

Effective today, Mexico decriminalizes possession of small amounts of marijuana, cocaine, heroin and other drugs
r/worldnews · maxwellhill · 2899 pts
Sometimes a crime happens that exceeds the normal evil that the mind can properly comprehend.
r/news · mitchapalooza43 · 127 pts
Priority Test: Health Care or Prisons? At a time when we Americans may abandon health care reform because it supposedly is “too expensive,” how is it that we can afford to imprison people like Curtis Wilkerson?
r/news · imAlice · 79 pts
Sweden has turned down a demand that it condemn the recent publication of an article that links Israeli soldiers to the death of Palestinian civilians with the motive of obtaining their organs.
r/worldnews · nighthawker · 79 pts
Four American soldiers have been charged with cruelty and maltreatment of an 19-year-old soldier who committed suicide after being in Iraq for 10 days.
r/news · twolf1 · 57 pts
Pirate Bay acquisition appears to be unraveling
r/news · Mendokusai · 42 pts
When the CIA holds a power drill to your head and turns it on and/or points a gun at you it's not torture, it's just interrogation.
r/news · [deleted] · 33 pts
It's amazing what people will do for love. A Palestinian woman has braved the threat of Israeli bombs by crawling more than one kilometre through a dangerous underground tunnel between Egypt and Gaza just to marry her sweetheart.
r/worldnews · Open_Your_Eyes · 32 pts

Politics on 8/21/09

Sports on 8/21/09

Pictures and Memes

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I was fixing my friend's PC when I saw this pic's thumbail, my heart started to race in disgust, then I looked closely and opened the picture. I shed a tear, and realized how the net has corrupted my mind.

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"Academic" Salaries. This is what's wrong with education. [PIC]

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Bricks. [PIC]

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This chick paints herself having sex with the US presidents. [NSFW]

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My parents are having trouble selling their house. I think I just found out why.

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I think the Netflix recommendations algorithm is judging me.

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jack, WTF were you thinking?

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"If The Internet Named Movies"

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Reddit on August 21, 2009

Friday, Aug. 21st 2009

News on 8/21/09

Effective today, Mexico decriminalizes possession of small amounts of marijuana, cocaine, heroin and other drugs

Sometimes a crime happens that exceeds the normal evil that the mind can properly comprehend.

Priority Test: Health Care or Prisons? At a time when we Americans may abandon health care reform because it supposedly is “too expensive,” how is it that we can afford to imprison people like Curtis Wilkerson?

Sweden has turned down a demand that it condemn the recent publication of an article that links Israeli soldiers to the death of Palestinian civilians with the motive of obtaining their organs.

Four American soldiers have been charged with cruelty and maltreatment of an 19-year-old soldier who committed suicide after being in Iraq for 10 days.

Pirate Bay acquisition appears to be unraveling

When the CIA holds a power drill to your head and turns it on and/or points a gun at you it's not torture, it's just interrogation.

It's amazing what people will do for love. A Palestinian woman has braved the threat of Israeli bombs by crawling more than one kilometre through a dangerous underground tunnel between Egypt and Gaza just to marry her sweetheart.

Politics on 8/21/09

With Fox under the mistaken impression that it can quell the outrage and lost advertising over Glenn Beck's ridiculousness by putting him on vacation for a bit, we should probably make an effort to continue spreading the word about all the awful, awful things he has said.

‘Death Panel’ Myth Creator Betsy McCaughey Resigns From Medical Board One Day After Jon Stewart Interview

O'Reilly whines about Jon Stewart's mockery; tells viewers "some young people actually believe [Jon] is presenting an accurate picture of the country on his program; and that is frightening!"

GOP Attacks Obama for Taking a Vacation: Anyone Remember That One Guy Who Spent 40% of His First Term On Vacation?

WATCH: Jon Stewart Interviews Originator Of "Death Panel" Lies

Sports on 8/21/09

Chad "Ocho Cinco" Johnson kicks an extra point in last night's preseason game

You know football's right around the corner because the Raiders are in police reports again.

The Dale Earnhardt Rollercoaster... seriously

In some ways, what is more remarkable than Bolt’s feat is how slow the improvement has been in the 100-meter dash.

Mario Kart Power-Ups Come to Indycar Racing

Pictures and Memes