Reddit on May 1, 2010: Top Posts and Discussions

Saturday, May. 1st 2010

News on 5/1/10

North Korean sense of humour
r/worldnews · drfre · 1010 pts
This is getting really, REALLY bad. Gulf Oil spill triples in size, cleanup efforts "impossible" due to rough seas. Spill might never be contained.
r/news · [deleted] · 396 pts
New luxury prison in Norway
r/worldnews · uspn · 154 pts
'Hey Man, Good Food' - G-8 Chefs Baffled By Laura Bush's 'Poisoning' Claims
r/worldnews · MrTulip · 126 pts
French spy, the CIA, and the Syrian reactor - Nice little story about how France beat CIA to get close-in pictures of Syrian nuclear reactor after 2007 Israeli bombing. French military attaché coolly drove out to site and took them himself
r/worldnews · DrRichardCranium · 106 pts
Why Greece is bankrupt: breathtaking tax evasion - 20% of doctors in a rich neighborhood claim to earn less than $13K, and over half claim less than $40K.
r/worldnews · anonymous-coward · 92 pts
Greek Wealth Is Everywhere, Just Not on Tax Forms - Tax investigators studied satellite photos of the area where 324 residents checked the box on their tax returns admitting that they owned pools and came back with a decidedly different number: 16,974 pools.
r/worldnews · abu_amar · 83 pts
Medical residents in Quebec challenge 24-hour rotations. Who else thinks that it's not smart to force doctors to work when they're exhausted?
r/news · mycroft2000 · 81 pts

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Simple russian plumber does not understand why people stare at him on the streets.

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I'm renovating a 100 year old house and the other day we found this in the wall. Anyone care to guess what it is?

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Who else did this in Pokemon? [PIC]

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How APPLE sells their products. [The Steve Jobs way]

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I wish they had this sweater when I was 8

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Gotta get up I guess...

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Sea Turtle of Disapproval, that is all. ಠ_ಠ

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I just like to draw things.

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Reddit on May 1, 2010

Saturday, May. 1st 2010

News on 5/1/10

North Korean sense of humour

This is getting really, REALLY bad. Gulf Oil spill triples in size, cleanup efforts "impossible" due to rough seas. Spill might never be contained.

New luxury prison in Norway

'Hey Man, Good Food' - G-8 Chefs Baffled By Laura Bush's 'Poisoning' Claims

French spy, the CIA, and the Syrian reactor - Nice little story about how France beat CIA to get close-in pictures of Syrian nuclear reactor after 2007 Israeli bombing. French military attaché coolly drove out to site and took them himself

Why Greece is bankrupt: breathtaking tax evasion - 20% of doctors in a rich neighborhood claim to earn less than $13K, and over half claim less than $40K.

Greek Wealth Is Everywhere, Just Not on Tax Forms - Tax investigators studied satellite photos of the area where 324 residents checked the box on their tax returns admitting that they owned pools and came back with a decidedly different number: 16,974 pools.

Medical residents in Quebec challenge 24-hour rotations. Who else thinks that it's not smart to force doctors to work when they're exhausted?

Politics on 5/1/10

Obama backs law requiring those funding political attack ads to reveal themselves as the source of the funding.

Rapists get sentenced to an average of 11.8 years, but some guy that hacked into Sarah Palin's email can get up to 20 years in prison WTF

Tea Partiers can be identified by exactly one label: Fox News viewers. It's the first political movement entirely sustained by a TV channel.

Obama on Jay Leno: "I am glad that the only person whose ratings fell more than mine is here tonight. Great to see you, Jay. I'm also glad that I'm speaking first -- because we've all seen what happens when somebody takes the time slot after Leno."

Yay! Senate could vote to reinstate Glass-Steagall

Sports on 5/1/10

New York congressman calls for Major League Baseball to pull 2011 All-Star Game from Arizona

Interview with a Premier League soccer player who says he only plays for the money. Brutally honest. Respect due.

Let The National Shaming Of This Flag Football Coach Commence - flag football - Deadspin

Motocross star McFarlane dies in crash

South Africa sells out World Cup tickets: Residents angry at FIFA restrictions and question if they will benefit from World Cup.

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