Reddit on September 5, 2009: Top Posts and Discussions

Saturday, Sep. 5th 2009

News on 9/5/09

Banksy is ruined by mistake - The building's owner was in tears as she begged workmen to stop.
r/worldnews · TrollsSuck · 1210 pts
US soldier gets life for rape and murder of Iraqi girl
r/news · maxwellhill · 235 pts
Irish Same-Sex Marriage Ad a Surprise Hit on YouTube
r/worldnews · maxwellhill · 116 pts
2000 students come down with swine flu at Washington State University
r/news · andhelostthem · 83 pts
"As a news source, Fox is about as plausible and useful as an episode of Thundercats."
r/news · uptoyou · 78 pts
Vladimir Putin writes an open letter to the Polish people. Here is the full text in English. Interesting interpretation of 20th century European history from the Russian point of view.
r/worldnews · [deleted] · 43 pts
Chavez: "The state of Israel has become a murderous lackey at the service of imperialism. It's a genocidal government. I condemn that Zionist government that persecutes the heroic Palestinian people."
r/worldnews · maxwellhill · 38 pts
A firm of Saudi lawyers, claiming to act on behalf of descendants of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, has demanded printed and multi-lingual apologies from Danish newspapers who re-printed cartoons of Muhammad, and that all pictures on the Internet be removed permanently
r/worldnews · EatonRifles · 33 pts

Politics on 9/5/09

Sports on 9/5/09

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Creative grocery store employees (Pic)

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BRB, pulling the plug on planet Earth. [Pic]

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So I look up from the computer and see my mom, upstairs, trying to touch my head with a telescoping duster without me noticing... I cracked up [PIC]

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Toilet Paper Roll Sculpture

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Decisions, decisions. [PIC]

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I saw this at my apartment today [pic]

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If you ever make your way to Colombia, try and time it just right so that you see Cano Cristales in all its glory. Often called "the most beautiful river in the world" as well as "the river of five colors"

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Dennys + WoW =

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Reddit on September 5, 2009

Saturday, Sep. 5th 2009

News on 9/5/09

Banksy is ruined by mistake - The building's owner was in tears as she begged workmen to stop.

US soldier gets life for rape and murder of Iraqi girl

Irish Same-Sex Marriage Ad a Surprise Hit on YouTube

2000 students come down with swine flu at Washington State University

"As a news source, Fox is about as plausible and useful as an episode of Thundercats."

Vladimir Putin writes an open letter to the Polish people. Here is the full text in English. Interesting interpretation of 20th century European history from the Russian point of view.

Chavez: "The state of Israel has become a murderous lackey at the service of imperialism. It's a genocidal government. I condemn that Zionist government that persecutes the heroic Palestinian people."

A firm of Saudi lawyers, claiming to act on behalf of descendants of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, has demanded printed and multi-lingual apologies from Danish newspapers who re-printed cartoons of Muhammad, and that all pictures on the Internet be removed permanently

Politics on 9/5/09

Things Only a Republican Could Believe

I think Republicans lied to me.

Senator Al Franken can draw the USA from memory

Bill Moyers Message to President Obama 09-04-09: This health care thing is make or break for your leadership, but for us, it's life and death. No more Mr. Nice Guy, Mr. President. We need a fighter.

In 1976, the film "Network" foresaw a television station that put a mentally disturbed man on the air and passed his paranoid ravings off as news. Sound familiar?

Sports on 9/5/09

ESPN top 10 most unsportsman-like moments in sports

Curtis Granderson said to google this guy.

The Associated Press's Ohio bureau has reported that Navy is being paid $1.45 million to play at Ohio Stadium today. That figure, reportedly confirmed by sources in the Ohio State athletic department, would represent one of the highest single-game payouts in college football history.

Melanie Oudin stuns Sharapova at USOpen.

Minnesota Vikings quarterback Brett Favre fined $10,000 for illegal crackback - His non-apology/regrets: "I will be 40 years old in October and [was] weed-eating 13 days ago," Favre said. "I wasn't thinking about throwing blocks."

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