Reddit on September 8, 2009: Top Posts and Discussions

Tuesday, Sep. 8th 2009

News on 9/8/09

Al Jazeera
r/worldnews · [deleted] · 508 pts
Iceland kills 93 endangered fin whales
r/worldnews · maxwellhill · 300 pts
Today, I learned (on reddit obviously) that the President of the Maldives (a poor island nation) can't afford to travel to the UN Climate Conference to speak for his sinking country. Reddit can help. We should, it's important.
r/worldnews · [deleted] · 258 pts
The Maldives (very much under threat by global warming) does not have the money to send its president to a climate summit -- is looking for someone to pay for the trip.
r/worldnews · stringparts · 226 pts
Spanish judge resumes torture case against six senior Bush lawyers
r/worldnews · maxwellhill · 213 pts
Teenage Solo Yachtswoman: A teenage girl about to embark on a circumnavigation... crashes into a ship on her first day at sea.
r/worldnews · glengyron · 146 pts
Based largely on one informant's assessment, the commander ordered a 500-pound, satellite-guided bomb to be dropped on each truck. The vehicles exploded in a fireball that lit up the night sky for miles, incinerating many of those standing nearby
r/worldnews · maxwellhill · 138 pts
Man walks into church with baseball bat, attacks another man, misses, hits a toddler and kills her.
r/news · entropic_soul · 124 pts

Politics on 9/8/09

Sports on 9/8/09

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Why parents should be banned from facebook [PIC]

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Lighting above, behind, and in Chaiten volcano. Or, what happens when you divide by zero.

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The World Press Photo of the Year for 2003 taken by a French photographer of an Iraqi prisoner comforting his four-year-old son. This sums up the whole disgusting era of American Fascism destroying innocent lives.

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Toronto Department of Zombie Disposal Truck

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My kids-Before and After Obama's school speech

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Prawned

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Carrie Fisher was actually kind of a babe.

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A lion and a giraffe snapping a holiday picture

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Reddit on September 8, 2009

Tuesday, Sep. 8th 2009

News on 9/8/09

Al Jazeera

Iceland kills 93 endangered fin whales

Today, I learned (on reddit obviously) that the President of the Maldives (a poor island nation) can't afford to travel to the UN Climate Conference to speak for his sinking country. Reddit can help. We should, it's important.

The Maldives (very much under threat by global warming) does not have the money to send its president to a climate summit -- is looking for someone to pay for the trip.

Spanish judge resumes torture case against six senior Bush lawyers

Teenage Solo Yachtswoman: A teenage girl about to embark on a circumnavigation... crashes into a ship on her first day at sea.

Based largely on one informant's assessment, the commander ordered a 500-pound, satellite-guided bomb to be dropped on each truck. The vehicles exploded in a fireball that lit up the night sky for miles, incinerating many of those standing nearby

Man walks into church with baseball bat, attacks another man, misses, hits a toddler and kills her.

Politics on 9/8/09

Euro redditors, can you make this the first thing Americans see here in the morning? Importance of Public Option | American Citizens

Glenn Beck Didn't Rape And Murder Anyone... But He Doesn't Want Websites Discussing It

My old redneck High School/School district refused to show the Obama speech - here's their excuse (w/ contact info)

Howard Stern suddenly got serious today about Obama's critics and said what most of us have been thinking: "It's because he's black, and it's gotta stop."

4th grade girl from Oklahoma responds to what she liked about the President's speech.

Sports on 9/8/09

Redskins Back Off, Tell Va. Grandmother She Doesn't Have to Pay $66,364 Judgment

Does anyone else think ESPN is an absolute joke?

How good does a tennis pro have to be to make a living?

Spaghetti Stringing. Turned top tennis pros into cupcakes in the 70s.

High school football player disarms would-be bus shooter

Pictures and Memes