Reddit on September 15, 2009: Top Posts and Discussions

Tuesday, Sep. 15th 2009

News on 9/15/09

Europe now richer than America: North America's wealth has now fallen the most out of any other region in the world, allowing Europe to step up to the plate as the world's richest continent
r/worldnews · EatonRifles · 654 pts
The ORIGINAL execution video of Sri Lankan soldiers executing Tamil civilians. As the ground around them lay drenched in blood, civilian is shot on after the other [NSFW-UNCENSORED-GRAPHIC]
r/worldnews · dt_vibe · 365 pts
The Church of Scientology won't be dissolved in France, due to a "typo" in an obscure law voted two weeks before the Church went to trial, which explicitly prevents this.
r/worldnews · boa13 · 281 pts
New virus from rats can kill 80 per cent of human victims
r/worldnews · cojoco · 225 pts
New UN Report Released Today: "The Israeli military operation [in Gaza] was directed at the people of Gaza as a whole, in furtherance of an overall and continuing policy aimed at punishing the Gaza population, and in a deliberate policy of disproportionate force aimed at the civilian population."
r/worldnews · milligram · 196 pts
Blockbuster Video to shut down 960 stores. It's about time.
r/news · Fragsworth · 192 pts
Iraqi shoe thrower released; says he was tortured - now fears for his life
r/news · coldbrook · 170 pts
The gruesome spectacle of dolphins being slaughtered for profit has returned to Taiji, Japan despite growing international condemnation
r/worldnews · maxwellhill · 99 pts

Politics on 9/15/09

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Yo Liu

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Damn, that's some good OJ [PIC]

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Someone was really bored at the beach [Possibly NSFW]

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My last frozen supreme pizza has a flaw

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To help reduce the number of posts, here's more than 80 Kanye meme pics on one page...

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Oh, so that's why there are so many stupid people...

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Turn the logo for the Chicago Bulls basketball team upside down, and it’s a robot sitting on a park bench reading a bible.

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Dumbledore's Army Sign Ups - This was posted on my school bulletin.

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Reddit on September 15, 2009

Tuesday, Sep. 15th 2009

News on 9/15/09

Europe now richer than America: North America's wealth has now fallen the most out of any other region in the world, allowing Europe to step up to the plate as the world's richest continent

The ORIGINAL execution video of Sri Lankan soldiers executing Tamil civilians. As the ground around them lay drenched in blood, civilian is shot on after the other [NSFW-UNCENSORED-GRAPHIC]

The Church of Scientology won't be dissolved in France, due to a "typo" in an obscure law voted two weeks before the Church went to trial, which explicitly prevents this.

New virus from rats can kill 80 per cent of human victims

New UN Report Released Today: "The Israeli military operation [in Gaza] was directed at the people of Gaza as a whole, in furtherance of an overall and continuing policy aimed at punishing the Gaza population, and in a deliberate policy of disproportionate force aimed at the civilian population."

Blockbuster Video to shut down 960 stores. It's about time.

Iraqi shoe thrower released; says he was tortured - now fears for his life

The gruesome spectacle of dolphins being slaughtered for profit has returned to Taiji, Japan despite growing international condemnation

Politics on 9/15/09

Lance Armstrong had no medical insurance when he got cancer. The only way he could get treatment was by becoming an employee of Oakley (oh, and for Oakley to threaten to switch insurers if they didn't cover him). Want to talk about death panels now?

Holy shit Obama just sent in a commando team into southern Somalia yesterday and assassinated the ringleader of an Al Qaeda cell in Kenya responsible for the bombing of an Israeli hotel in 2002. And the right wing said Obama would be weak on terrorism. Whoah, Bush never pulled this off in 8 years!

A message to Christians who oppose Public Health Care, from a fellow Christian: Read more Bible. Watch less Fox News.

Jon Stewart Returns, Slams Glenn Beck And Tea Party Protesters (VIDEO)

Poll: Doctors Among Public Option's Biggest Fans : NPR

Sports on 9/15/09

American Indians group takes 'Redskins' name to U.S. Supreme Court

NFL Week 1 - Tuesday Morning Quarterback

Choking Hazard: Jay or the Toy?

Small town sports ephemera - The front lawn of a home belonging to Bills cornerback Leodis McKelvin was vandalized following Buffalo's season-opening loss to New England

This was only the second game in EuroBasket history where a team failed to score in overtime. The first was 56 years ago, and as a result of that specific game FIBA implemented the shot clock and the game was changed forever.

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