Reddit on December 25, 2009: Top Posts and Discussions

Friday, Dec. 25th 2009

News on 12/25/09

France's ruling party says it plans to present a bill to parliament next month, which would ban the wearing of full Islamic veils in all public places. The party says the move should be seen as "a law of liberation."
r/worldnews · [deleted] · 540 pts
India outrage over girl molestation sentence - Outrage is growing in India over a six-month jail sentence handed out to a former senior police officer convicted for molesting a 14-year-old girl.....
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A passenger on board a Northwest Airlines flight has reportedly set off firecrackers as it was arriving in the US city of Detroit.
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Rediscovering Central Asia - A thousand years ago, those mountains were the intellectual center of the world. Central Asians invented trigonometry, used crystallization as a means of purification, estimated the Earth’s diameter with astonishing precision and anticipated Darwin’s theory of evolution.
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Is the UK Guardian turning soft on... Italy? The romance is dead. Now I see the country for what it is: rightwing, racist and corrupt
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Passenger sets off fireworks aboard airliner
r/news · berberine · 79 pts
450 people from 21 countries, including 30 from the USA, have traveled for 3 weeks all the way from London to Jordan in a 210 vehicle convoy loaded with humanitarian relief supplies for the people imprisoned in Gaza.
r/worldnews · Sailer · 43 pts
Drug tests catch out 10 police (UK)
r/worldnews · spainguy · 36 pts

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Santa, Why is your hand there? [PIC]

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Dr. Zoidberg: How do I look? Bender: Like whale barf. Dr. Zoidberg: Then the illusion is complete.

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Hey reddit, check out my back yard! [Pic]

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A drawing powered by google maps [Pic]

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This guy made getting snowed in something to celebrate.

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We had visitors from Russia who had never seen the sea before. When we showed them this they kept asking "who built this?"

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I'm in my late 40's...ish and this is what my grown children got me for Christmas.

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Futurama meets The Fifth Element

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Reddit on December 25, 2009

Friday, Dec. 25th 2009

News on 12/25/09

France's ruling party says it plans to present a bill to parliament next month, which would ban the wearing of full Islamic veils in all public places. The party says the move should be seen as "a law of liberation."

India outrage over girl molestation sentence - Outrage is growing in India over a six-month jail sentence handed out to a former senior police officer convicted for molesting a 14-year-old girl.....

A passenger on board a Northwest Airlines flight has reportedly set off firecrackers as it was arriving in the US city of Detroit.

Is the UK Guardian turning soft on... Italy? The romance is dead. Now I see the country for what it is: rightwing, racist and corrupt

Passenger sets off fireworks aboard airliner

450 people from 21 countries, including 30 from the USA, have traveled for 3 weeks all the way from London to Jordan in a 210 vehicle convoy loaded with humanitarian relief supplies for the people imprisoned in Gaza.

Drug tests catch out 10 police (UK)

Politics on 12/25/09

Give the world the best Christmas present of all: Awareness of Liquid Fluoride Thorium Reactors and the resulting energy abundance.

Pentagon now spending more for war than all 50 States combined spend to run the country

President Bush personally asked Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle Tuesday to limit the congressional investigation into the events of September 11, congressional and White House sources told CNN.

Top Mexican anti-drug official says legalize marijuana to hurt cartels

You can be deemed not a person if the government so chooses (Sorry for the blog link, but this wasn't picked up by any news organization).

Sports on 12/25/09

Orlando Coach Steve Van Gundy Wants The NBA To Stop Games On Christmas, Saying "I actually feel sorry for people who have nothing to do on Christmas Day other than watch an NBA game"

Manny Pacquiao to sue Floyd Mayweather Jr. for defamation

USC running back Stafon Johnson speaks for the first time since his weightlifting accident

Cavaliers defeat Lakers 102 - 87 ending the Lakers winning streak

How they make World Cup Match soccer balls

Pictures and Memes