Reddit on February 22, 2010: Top Posts and Discussions

Monday, Feb. 22nd 2010

News on 2/22/10

Remember Professor Nutt, the UK drug advisor who was sacked after stating scientific facts about drugs? The British government has responded to the petition which asked for Nutt to be reinstated.
r/worldnews · krisssy · 770 pts
Cool... a temple complex in Turkey that predates even the pyramids has been discovered
r/news · roadhaus · 310 pts
Exposed: Dark secret of the farm where tigers' bodies are plundered to make £185 wine
r/worldnews · Daniellaaa · 270 pts
Netherlands government falls over refusal to extend Afghanistan mission: Fears withdrawal may prompt other countries to follow suit
r/worldnews · DougBolivar · 252 pts
British MPs demand end to public funding of Homeopathic medicine.
r/worldnews · MikePalecek · 235 pts
A fellow at Harvard University's Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Martin Kramer, has called for "the West" to take measures to curb the births of Palestinians, a proposal that appears to meet the international legal definition of a call for genocide.
r/worldnews · Open_Your_Eyes · 234 pts
Poland admits role in CIA rendition programme
r/worldnews · [deleted] · 154 pts
33 civilians were killed in a Nato air strike in southern Afghanistan. The value of the bombs used to kill them could have given so much wealth to this people, that this is fucking insane.
r/worldnews · DougBolivar · 119 pts

Politics on 2/22/10

Sports on 2/22/10

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188 of my favorite desktop wallpapers, just for you, Reddit.

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Fuck it. I'm done with all this Ron Paul and Obama bullshit. I know who I'm voting for next year. [PIC]

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This is why I avoid talking on the phone [The Oatmeal]

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My brother helped raise me to be patient and kind. I know we all get sick of these, but he's had a rough year, today is his birthday, he loves reddit, and I thought it would make him smile on the day he was diagnosed with bi-polar disorder. Help me brighten his day?

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My brother helped raise me to be strong and kind. I know we all get sick of these, but he's had a rough year, today is his birthday, he loves reddit, and I thought it would make him smile to see a picture of us in funny hats. Help me brighten his day?

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I've never voted Tory before... [NSFW, unless you open it really small]

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Home Taping Is Killing Record Industry Profits! [pic]

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Oh it's just a watermelon.

r/pics · 364 pts

Reddit on February 22, 2010

Monday, Feb. 22nd 2010

News on 2/22/10

Remember Professor Nutt, the UK drug advisor who was sacked after stating scientific facts about drugs? The British government has responded to the petition which asked for Nutt to be reinstated.

Cool... a temple complex in Turkey that predates even the pyramids has been discovered

Exposed: Dark secret of the farm where tigers' bodies are plundered to make £185 wine

Netherlands government falls over refusal to extend Afghanistan mission: Fears withdrawal may prompt other countries to follow suit

British MPs demand end to public funding of Homeopathic medicine.

A fellow at Harvard University's Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Martin Kramer, has called for "the West" to take measures to curb the births of Palestinians, a proposal that appears to meet the international legal definition of a call for genocide.

Poland admits role in CIA rendition programme

33 civilians were killed in a Nato air strike in southern Afghanistan. The value of the bombs used to kill them could have given so much wealth to this people, that this is fucking insane.

Politics on 2/22/10

I prefer Ron Paul to the Neo-cons but let's remind ourselves that this is a pro-life guy who thinks the Civil War wasn't necessary. He doesn't believe in evolution and who wants to obliterate the social safety net, including public education.

4th Largest Fox Shareholder is Saudi Prince Who Finances Terrorism

Obama, want more democrats to come out to the polls? Declare election day a national holiday!

Cheney hospitalized with chest pains. Doctors make efforts not to get sucked into the black vortex where his heart should be.

"Given the numerous verses in the Bible explicitly forbidding it -- far more than all the scriptural references to abortion or homosexuality added together -- you'd think in a "Christian" society, with so many politically-engaged self-professed Bible-believers, usury would be a hot button issue."

Sports on 2/22/10

Curling explained in this illustration.

LaDainian Tomlinson released by Chargers after 9 years

College football player dismissed from school for posting photos of piles of cash on Twitter. Photos are STILL up. [PICS]

Canadian Curling fans bring Danish women's curler to tears in 10th end. This is one of Canada's "national pastimes" - do they not know the general ettiquette involved?

I don't care who you are, having a 110lb girl stand on your leg with a skate while you do a crab squat is pretty hardcore.

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