Reddit on August 27, 2009: Top Posts and Discussions

Thursday, Aug. 27th 2009

News on 8/27/09

French hostage kills 3 and escapes
r/worldnews · divbyzero · 299 pts
A naked, blindfolded man crouches on the ground, as a uniformed soldier kicks him in the head then abruptly ends his life with a point- blank rifle shot. Other bodies lie nearby, their blood staining the earth around them.
r/worldnews · dt_vibe · 232 pts
Thanks for the bailout America, good luck without health care, the mail, and your credit card bills! AIG stock up 274% in August
r/news · charlesgrrr · 212 pts
Afghanistans presidential elections: More votes than voters | The Economist
r/worldnews · [deleted] · 209 pts
Woman kidnapped as child resurfaces 18 years later. She was kept by a convicted rapist in his backyard as a sex slave and forced to bear two of his children.
r/news · OllyOllyO · 145 pts
DR Congo demands $500 bn. from Norway
r/worldnews · [deleted] · 132 pts
Republican congresswoman says GOP needs "great white hope" to counter Obama. For the record "great white hope" refers to peoples hopes in the early 1900s that a white man would topple black boxing champion Jack Johnson.
r/news · [deleted] · 129 pts
UK Gov fails at privacy, loses 377K of private data on a memory stick!
r/worldnews · dynamohum · 74 pts

Politics on 8/27/09

Sports on 8/27/09

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One of my drunk customers just came in and gave me this.

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Got to love the elderly!

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I don't think r/atheism took the news too kindly... [pic]

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"They were high school buddies and are buried next to each other."

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My Roomate's Creepy Microwave

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British Knife Control [pic]

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This takes balls.

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Bill O'Reilly: A Far-left website known as "4chan" is providing child pornography to internet pedophiles

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Reddit on August 27, 2009

Thursday, Aug. 27th 2009

News on 8/27/09

French hostage kills 3 and escapes

A naked, blindfolded man crouches on the ground, as a uniformed soldier kicks him in the head then abruptly ends his life with a point- blank rifle shot. Other bodies lie nearby, their blood staining the earth around them.

Thanks for the bailout America, good luck without health care, the mail, and your credit card bills! AIG stock up 274% in August

Afghanistans presidential elections: More votes than voters | The Economist

Woman kidnapped as child resurfaces 18 years later. She was kept by a convicted rapist in his backyard as a sex slave and forced to bear two of his children.

DR Congo demands $500 bn. from Norway

Republican congresswoman says GOP needs "great white hope" to counter Obama. For the record "great white hope" refers to peoples hopes in the early 1900s that a white man would topple black boxing champion Jack Johnson.

UK Gov fails at privacy, loses 377K of private data on a memory stick!

Politics on 8/27/09

Sen. Jim Inhoffe on healthcare reform bill: "I don't have to read it, or know what's in it. I'm going to oppose it anyways."

The next time someone says universal healthcare is "socialist", kindly explain to them that we have a socialist military, ask them why they hate our troops and why they hate America and freedom.

Fox News readers comment on Ted Kennedy's passing. Abandon all hope, ye who enter here.

We don't want to rule the world: The US public largely opposes America's foreign wars and economic meddling. They need a voice in U.S. foreign policy

Show this cartoon to all the crazy people you know against a single payer health care system

Sports on 8/27/09

New Drink: The Arnold Palmer + 2 Shots of Vodka = The John Daly

"Twenty-five years ago this month, Al Joyner won a shocking gold medal at the Olympic Games in Los Angeles … and fell in love with a lady in tights."

World's Largest Kickball Tournament Will Be Held In Las Vegas

Florida International threatens to pull out of Coaches vs. Cancer Classic

12 of the best one-kick knockouts of all-time

Pictures and Memes