Reddit on December 21, 2009: Top Posts and Discussions

Monday, Dec. 21st 2009

News on 12/21/09

Laura Dekker, a 13 year old girl who ran away from her Dutch home because Dutch courts would not let her sail around the world has been found in the Caribbean
r/worldnews · phathiker · 669 pts
Mexico City becomes the first city in Latin America to legalize same-sex marriage
r/worldnews · KolHaKavod · 444 pts
Secret neo-Nazi documents published: 11 membership lists about to go online (Wikileaks asking for volunteers with database skills to be able to expand fields and dumping to text)
r/worldnews · maxwellhill · 355 pts
A law was enacted last year making it a legal requirement for America to maintain "Israel’s qualitative military edge," and that the President of the U.S. is required to report regularly to the U.S. Congress on the steps he's taking to ensure Israel's superiority.
r/worldnews · [deleted] · 141 pts
California Activists Propose Legalizing And Taxing Marijuana As A Way To Bail Out State
r/news · [deleted] · 119 pts
R.I.P Dan O’Bannon. The man who gave the world 'Alien' and 'Total Recall', has sucumbed to Crohn’s disease, aged 63.
r/news · lazyink · 116 pts
"[Priest] said his advice did not contradict the Bible’s eighth commandment, not to steal, saying God’s love for the poor and despised outweighed the property rights of the rich."
r/worldnews · seeya · 103 pts
Con-man convinced Bush White House he had a secret decoding technology which could unearth the secret terrorist planning messages embedded in Al Jazeera broadcasts. They even used it as the basis of a terror warning in 2003..
r/worldnews · wil · 82 pts

Politics on 12/21/09

Sports on 12/21/09

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Why It's Better To Pretend You Don't Know Anything About Computers - The Oatmeal

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Relative prices of different liquids...

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Japanese snuggie FTW

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Don't Let Your Mom Use Facebook

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This Is Fantastic

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Hello??!?!?! [Pic]

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How Walmart avoids paying state taxes, and instead pays itself (info graphic)

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He saw the whole thing...

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Reddit on December 21, 2009

Monday, Dec. 21st 2009

News on 12/21/09

Laura Dekker, a 13 year old girl who ran away from her Dutch home because Dutch courts would not let her sail around the world has been found in the Caribbean

Mexico City becomes the first city in Latin America to legalize same-sex marriage

Secret neo-Nazi documents published: 11 membership lists about to go online (Wikileaks asking for volunteers with database skills to be able to expand fields and dumping to text)

A law was enacted last year making it a legal requirement for America to maintain "Israel’s qualitative military edge," and that the President of the U.S. is required to report regularly to the U.S. Congress on the steps he's taking to ensure Israel's superiority.

California Activists Propose Legalizing And Taxing Marijuana As A Way To Bail Out State

R.I.P Dan O’Bannon. The man who gave the world 'Alien' and 'Total Recall', has sucumbed to Crohn’s disease, aged 63.

"[Priest] said his advice did not contradict the Bible’s eighth commandment, not to steal, saying God’s love for the poor and despised outweighed the property rights of the rich."

Con-man convinced Bush White House he had a secret decoding technology which could unearth the secret terrorist planning messages embedded in Al Jazeera broadcasts. They even used it as the basis of a terror warning in 2003..

Politics on 12/21/09

Thanks Minnesota, for electing Sen. Al Franken.

Can you believe that a US senator actually prayed aloud on the senate floor for the death or incapacitation of a fellow senator? That is exactly what Sen. Tom Coburn - a medical doctor, no less - did last night...wtf?!

SMOKING GUN: FBI admits 9/11 phone calls faked. Barbara Olson attempted only one call (proof in comment section)... it lasted zero seconds. She had previously been the only person to have stated the hijackers had boxcutters. Her cell phone didn't work, there were no seat back phones on her plane.

He watched without expression when Byrd was wheeled in, dabbing his eyes and nose with tissues, his complexion pale. When his name was called, Byrd shot his right index finger into the air as he shouted "aye," then pumped his left fist in defiance.

Glenn Beck is the 2009 Media Matters 'Misinformer of the Year' -- with one Epic video

Sports on 12/21/09

Former NFL star Dave Pear: "I wish I never played football. I wish that more than anything. Every single day"

Apparently Charlie Weis taught Jimmy Clausen how to pick up chicks

Eagles fans punish 49'ers fans with snow balls

Oakland Raider Loses His Pants In The Middle Of The Game [video]

Finally! The Browns have someone who knows what pro football is.

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