Reddit on April 1, 2010: Top Posts and Discussions

Thursday, Apr. 1st 2010

News on 4/1/10

Israeli journalist held secretly under house arrest for months, Israel's Shin Bet intelligence service has banned news media from mentioning the case or identifying the reporter--LET'S EXPOSE THIS
r/worldnews · travelingwilbury · 1074 pts
"Germans have to notify the government when they renounce their religion... the number of Catholics leaving the church in Munich has tripled."
r/worldnews · fuckin_a · 583 pts
Vatican: Pope has immunity in sex abuse trials
r/worldnews · georgewashingtonblog · 308 pts
Writer Simon Singh wins libel appeal
r/worldnews · IronFarm · 227 pts
Dr. George Tiller's killer gets life in prison
r/news · BleepBlopittyBlop · 172 pts
Indian law goes into effect today making education compulsory and free for all kids 6-14
r/worldnews · [deleted] · 118 pts
US Justice Dept sues KBR for improper costs in Iraq
r/worldnews · sadbuttru · 114 pts
Belgium moves to become first European country to ban the burka
r/worldnews · [deleted] · 113 pts

Politics on 4/1/10

Sports on 4/1/10

Pictures and Memes

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3 Invisible Dicks

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Henry Rollins is a wise, wise man.

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Whoops!

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It took me a minute to realize what was going on.

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YARF! Yarf! yarf! yarfyarfyarf! yarf yarf yarf yarf!

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Three Visible Dicks

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Reddit, I found a serious bug that greatly undermines our power as admins.

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Gotham Uprising - Neil Patrick Harris as The Riddler - 2010

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Reddit on April 1, 2010

Thursday, Apr. 1st 2010

News on 4/1/10

Israeli journalist held secretly under house arrest for months, Israel's Shin Bet intelligence service has banned news media from mentioning the case or identifying the reporter--LET'S EXPOSE THIS

"Germans have to notify the government when they renounce their religion... the number of Catholics leaving the church in Munich has tripled."

Vatican: Pope has immunity in sex abuse trials

Writer Simon Singh wins libel appeal

Dr. George Tiller's killer gets life in prison

Indian law goes into effect today making education compulsory and free for all kids 6-14

US Justice Dept sues KBR for improper costs in Iraq

Belgium moves to become first European country to ban the burka

Politics on 4/1/10

Today is Rachel Maddow's Birthday - at 37, she's a Stanford graduate, Rhodes Scholar, has a D.Phil from Oxford, and was the first openly gay achor hired to host a prime-time news program

Remember Obama's promise to exclude lobbyists from positions of power? He just appointed a top pesticide lobbyist to a major agriculture trade position.

A federal judge ruled Wednesday that the National Security Agency’s program of surveillance without warrants was illegal, rejecting the Obama administration’s effort to keep shrouded in secrecy one of the most disputed counterterrorism policies of former President George W. Bush.

Wealth Redistribution? Wealthy Americans Are Taxed Less Now Than When Reagan Was President

How dare they strip me of the right to be rejected by a health insurance company for a preexisting conditions! This is what Totalitarianism looks like!

Sports on 4/1/10

OK, I'm impressed.

“I probably smoked two joints, drank about three or four beers, got to the ballpark, took some [amphetamines], took a pain pill, drank a cup of coffee, chewed some tobacco, had a cigarette, and got up to the plate and hit’’

KG drops the F-bomb in post-game, felt Durant was getting too many calls (Durant shot 15 free throws to the Celtics 17)

Chart of different sports, likelihood of viewers voting, and political leanings of said voters [pic]

Why do Duke basketball players generally do poorly in the NBA?

Pictures and Memes