Reddit on February 11, 2010: Top Posts and Discussions

Thursday, Feb. 11th 2010

News on 2/11/10

European Parliament has blocked agreement that allows US anti-terror officials to monitor Europeans' bank transactions
r/worldnews · gIowingsheep · 1306 pts
Saying that body scanners violate Islamic law, Muslim-American groups are supporting a “fatwa” – a religious ruling – that forbids Muslims from going through the scanners at airports.
r/worldnews · smallchanger · 407 pts
CBS Corporation Bans Ad Calling for Marijuana Legalization Over 'Morals'. "The fifteen-second ad, asserting that taxing and regulating the adult use and sale of marijuana would raise 'billions of dollars in national revenue,' was rejected out of hand."
r/news · TurtleGrazer · 375 pts
RIP Frisbee inventor guy - never had a patent and never got rich, but Wham-O voluntarily paid him a modest royalty.
r/worldnews · extraloud · 161 pts
Blackwater accused of defrauding the government. Billed the government for strippers and prostitutes.
r/worldnews · [deleted] · 142 pts
51% of Americans strongly favor "gays and lesbians" in the military; only 34% strongly favor "homosexuals" in the military.
r/news · catamorphism · 129 pts
"Asked whether China's treatment of dissidents might negatively affect its image overseas, Foreign Ministry spokesman Ma Zhaoxu responded, 'There are no dissidents in China.'"
r/worldnews · bipedalshark · 124 pts
Analysis of hair DNA reveals ancient human's face
r/worldnews · [deleted] · 91 pts

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Sports on 2/11/10

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Firefly > Twilight

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This is my cat in our custom made cat tower of joy.

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I Miss You [pic]

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Remember when riding your bike was this awesome?

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Nice legs.

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My wife made this Narwhal towel for our baby girl, here she is wearing it.

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this is my ferret in my custom made soda pop palace of joy

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Nice quads.

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Reddit on February 11, 2010

Thursday, Feb. 11th 2010

News on 2/11/10

European Parliament has blocked agreement that allows US anti-terror officials to monitor Europeans' bank transactions

Saying that body scanners violate Islamic law, Muslim-American groups are supporting a “fatwa” – a religious ruling – that forbids Muslims from going through the scanners at airports.

CBS Corporation Bans Ad Calling for Marijuana Legalization Over 'Morals'. "The fifteen-second ad, asserting that taxing and regulating the adult use and sale of marijuana would raise 'billions of dollars in national revenue,' was rejected out of hand."

RIP Frisbee inventor guy - never had a patent and never got rich, but Wham-O voluntarily paid him a modest royalty.

Blackwater accused of defrauding the government. Billed the government for strippers and prostitutes.

51% of Americans strongly favor "gays and lesbians" in the military; only 34% strongly favor "homosexuals" in the military.

"Asked whether China's treatment of dissidents might negatively affect its image overseas, Foreign Ministry spokesman Ma Zhaoxu responded, 'There are no dissidents in China.'"

Analysis of hair DNA reveals ancient human's face

Politics on 2/11/10

Massachusetts Bill would seek to Ban Circumcision , even for Jews and Muslims, as it is a form of genital mutilation on persons under the age of 18.

Bill Nye demolishes Fox, Hannity, Inhofe (R), and Beck on the snow storm and climate change.

Fox News stuck a copy of Al Gore's "An Inconvenient Truth" in the snow yesterday. Taking Fox's lead, Stephen Colbert observed: "It is dark outside ... we can only assume the sun has been destroyed."

For the third day in a row, Glenn Beck's show in the UK has had ZERO sponsors

Obama administration pushing for domestic cell phone tracking

Sports on 2/11/10

Steve Nash is the Most Ridiculous Man in the World

NBC picks ice dancing over U.S./Canada Olympic hockey game. Yet another reason for me to hate NBC.

I guess Kentucky's jersey maker needs a spell check

How the NBA's international players are bringing reading back to the locker-room.

ESPN insiders? care to copy paste Chad Ford's article today about what NBA trades should happen? THANKS REDDIT

Pictures and Memes