Reddit on August 25, 2009: Top Posts and Discussions

Tuesday, Aug. 25th 2009

News on 8/25/09

"Every American should be forced to read and learn this in order to know what was done in their names."
r/worldnews · TrapperKeeper · 1556 pts
Katrina - Ordinary people mostly behaved well. Those in power panicked, spread fear and fiction, and showed eagerness to kill
r/worldnews · [deleted] · 495 pts
Argentina Decriminalizes Personal Drug Consumption.
r/worldnews · uriel · 297 pts
The supreme court in Argentina has ruled that it is unconstitutional to punish people for using marijuana for personal consumption.
r/worldnews · sarahfailin · 214 pts
Is Glenn Beck Finished? A Color of Change campaign has cost Beck's show 36 advertisers so far. Will Fox decide he isn't worth it?
r/news · [deleted] · 168 pts
U.S. is 15 years behind South Korea in Internet speed
r/worldnews · eyeofthestorm · 158 pts
Ted Kennedy Dies of Brain Cancer at Age 77 - ABC News
r/news · rickyisawesome · 86 pts
Scientists Confirm the Effectiveness of The Big Lie - People Will Go To Extraordinary Lengths to Create False Justifications for Government Misdeeds
r/worldnews · Orangutan · 82 pts

Politics on 8/25/09

Sports on 8/25/09

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Oh Reddit, you are just awesome!

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USS Dog [pic]

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Husband of the year! [Pic]

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Diagram for the ultimate PB&J

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Over 9000, a Play in One Act

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Microsoft Gary Busey - Spot the Difference

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C. Dale Peterson... Badass

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Gothic Poetry Correction [pic]

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Damn Nelson Mandela, You Smell So Good [pic]

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Reddit on August 25, 2009

Tuesday, Aug. 25th 2009

News on 8/25/09

"Every American should be forced to read and learn this in order to know what was done in their names."

Katrina - Ordinary people mostly behaved well. Those in power panicked, spread fear and fiction, and showed eagerness to kill

Argentina Decriminalizes Personal Drug Consumption.

The supreme court in Argentina has ruled that it is unconstitutional to punish people for using marijuana for personal consumption.

Is Glenn Beck Finished? A Color of Change campaign has cost Beck's show 36 advertisers so far. Will Fox decide he isn't worth it?

U.S. is 15 years behind South Korea in Internet speed

Ted Kennedy Dies of Brain Cancer at Age 77 - ABC News

Scientists Confirm the Effectiveness of The Big Lie - People Will Go To Extraordinary Lengths to Create False Justifications for Government Misdeeds

Politics on 8/25/09

Major Death Penalty news out of Texas, seems like they killed an innocent man

Letterman: "Congress has been agonizing over health care for months now. Meanwhile, while they’re arguing about health care, we’re stuck in two wars that were rubber-stamped in about 10 minutes."

Weeping woman tell Sen. Tom Coburn that she and her husband desperately need health care reform because they were dropped from insurance and her husband is dying. His answer, "Ask your neighbors for help, not the government." Heartless cretin.

Angry right-wing crowd boos John McCain for stating that Obama ‘respects the Constitution of the United States.’

Dick Cheney in April 2009 said the CIA should declassify memos showing that torture got us great, lifesaving information. Those memos were just declassified and they show...not quite that

Sports on 8/25/09

Sports Illustrated boycotts Favre.

10 of the best one-punch knockouts of all-time

Did Brandon Inge Get Tattoos On His Forearms?

Boxing is jumping the shark as Floyd Mayweather's Rolls-Royce involved in drive-by at a skating center

Caster Semenya's testosterone level is three times higher than that normally expected in a female sample

Pictures and Memes