Reddit on February 7, 2010: Top Posts and Discussions

Sunday, Feb. 7th 2010

News on 2/7/10

Chevron hires twelve public relations firms to discredit indigenous Indians in Ecuador...in response to $27 billion lawsuit filed against the oil giant for dumping billions of gallons of toxic waste in the Amazon between 1964 and 1990
r/worldnews · maxwellhill · 1638 pts
A woman has been tortured by her neighbours for two days and forced to eat human waste before she finally gave in and confessed to practising witchcraft.
r/worldnews · LuckyBdx4 · 221 pts
Father of the year waterboarded daughter, 4, because she couldn't recite alphabet
r/worldnews · zoomzoom83 · 150 pts
Large explosion at Connecticut power plant
r/news · haija · 120 pts
Tony Blair’s former spin doctor Alastair Campbell breaks down during TV interview about Iraq. Declares: People are not interested in the truth anymore
r/worldnews · waggawagga · 54 pts
Large explosion at a power plant in Connecticut, US causing mass casualties - 'gas pipeline exploded'
r/worldnews · gIowingsheep · 53 pts
China’s hawks demand cold war on the US
r/worldnews · j666 · 49 pts
When Peter Boddeart's Lexus lurched forward and rear-ended another vehicle in Fauquier County, Va., earning him a police citation, he wrote to federal regulators imploring them to look into his case "before someone ends up seriously injured or killed."
r/news · Paramjit · 38 pts

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Alright, British Redditors, I accept that your "handegg" argument makes some valid points, but as an American I feel it's important to point something out...

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Yeah, I was thinking the same thing

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One more time America, see if you can get this straight.

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This is how you shoot a photo

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NSFW.

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Time lapse 12" snowfall!

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Did someone say Superb owl?

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You'll never be as awesome as Richard Branson.

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Reddit on February 7, 2010

Sunday, Feb. 7th 2010

News on 2/7/10

Chevron hires twelve public relations firms to discredit indigenous Indians in Ecuador...in response to $27 billion lawsuit filed against the oil giant for dumping billions of gallons of toxic waste in the Amazon between 1964 and 1990

A woman has been tortured by her neighbours for two days and forced to eat human waste before she finally gave in and confessed to practising witchcraft.

Father of the year waterboarded daughter, 4, because she couldn't recite alphabet

Large explosion at Connecticut power plant

Tony Blair’s former spin doctor Alastair Campbell breaks down during TV interview about Iraq. Declares: People are not interested in the truth anymore

Large explosion at a power plant in Connecticut, US causing mass casualties - 'gas pipeline exploded'

China’s hawks demand cold war on the US

When Peter Boddeart's Lexus lurched forward and rear-ended another vehicle in Fauquier County, Va., earning him a police citation, he wrote to federal regulators imploring them to look into his case "before someone ends up seriously injured or killed."

Politics on 2/7/10

VINTAGE PALIN MOMENT: Sarah Palin Reads Answers off of Her Hand

Another high school news paper was illegally confiscated and destroyed because they had the gall the question the discrepancy in disciplinary actions between the athletes and the rest of the student body. You know what to do Reddit...

Oh my. Rahm Emanuel "apologizes" to Sarah Palin on Saturday Night Live

'Dear, you won't see any change until all the baby-boomers are gone' - My 81 year old grandmother.

...Finally, raising his voice over the din, Obama said loudly, "I'd like to hear what Senator McCain has to say, since we haven't heard from him yet." The room went silent and all eyes shifted to McCain, who sat quietly in his chair, holding a single note card.

Sports on 2/7/10

Bam. Saints come back from 10-0 deficit to win Super Bowl 44 31-17.

Student in Louisiana sent home from school for wearing Colts' jersey on a day that the rest of the school wore Saints' jerseys.

Warren Sapp ARRESTED: Domestic Battery Charges Filed

Colts lose. No perfect season, no Superbowl ring. What a disappointment.

The Super Bowl in one stat: This is the first Super Bowl in history to have its first two touchdowns scored by Pierres.

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