Reddit on May 13, 2010: Top Posts and Discussions

Thursday, May. 13th 2010

News on 5/13/10

The British Home Office denies Iranian LGBT rights activist and documentarian Kiana Firouz's request for asylum. If deported, she faces 300 lashes and public hanging for unrepentant homosexuality. MAKE SOME NOISE.
r/worldnews · floatingwords · 2000 pts
Hugo Chavez: "I'm afraid to inform you that gas platform Aban Pearl sank a few moments ago. The good news is that 95 workers are safe"
r/worldnews · DougBolivar · 207 pts
Analysis: 40 years alter, U.S. drug war has met none of its goals
r/news · SpecialKlvl23 · 147 pts
Ottawa Hills Police Officer Shoots Unarmed Biker - Disturbing Video
r/worldnews · [deleted] · 122 pts
Glen Beck OWNED - Hypocrisy exposed on "Glenn Beck's Nazi Tourette Syndrom"
r/news · comingundone · 96 pts
Gulf Cleanup crews "Quit sending us bags of hair!"
r/news · CoffeeSwirl · 73 pts
Houston teacher beats 13 year old kid while others watch [video]
r/news · outhere · 53 pts
Girl, 8, lied about 10-year-old boys raping her so she would "get sweets".
r/news · old_southy · 51 pts

Politics on 5/13/10

Sports on 5/13/10

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No one will ever believe you.

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It was my birthday on the 10th. My 17 year old brother wrote this for me as a gift. He has severe autism. It was my favorite present :D

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Thanks for paying your taxes.

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1609 NYC vs. 2009 NYC

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Thank you, Urban Dictionary.

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Chips on a Sandwich. Yay or nay?

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I made this to help people at my office cope with technical problems and outages

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Arctic Fox Divebomb [GIF]

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Reddit on May 13, 2010

Thursday, May. 13th 2010

News on 5/13/10

The British Home Office denies Iranian LGBT rights activist and documentarian Kiana Firouz's request for asylum. If deported, she faces 300 lashes and public hanging for unrepentant homosexuality. MAKE SOME NOISE.

Hugo Chavez: "I'm afraid to inform you that gas platform Aban Pearl sank a few moments ago. The good news is that 95 workers are safe"

Analysis: 40 years alter, U.S. drug war has met none of its goals

Ottawa Hills Police Officer Shoots Unarmed Biker - Disturbing Video

Glen Beck OWNED - Hypocrisy exposed on "Glenn Beck's Nazi Tourette Syndrom"

Gulf Cleanup crews "Quit sending us bags of hair!"

Houston teacher beats 13 year old kid while others watch [video]

Girl, 8, lied about 10-year-old boys raping her so she would "get sweets".

Politics on 5/13/10

Two astoundingly corrupt Pennsylvania judges who convicted innocent children in order to send them to a for-profit detention facility in exchange for kickbacks have been caught on tape discussing those kickbacks and making plans to commit perjury. (Link to partial transcript in comments)

Lewis Black lays into Glenn Beck for being offended when other people play the "Nazi Card"

Al Franken has done it again. His amendment, which will take credit rating agencies out of the pockets of the big banks, just passed 64-35.

Harkin proposes capping ATM fees at $.50

Obama on the Republicans: “After they drove the car into the ditch, made it as difficult as possible for us to pull it back, now they want to keys back. No! You can’t drive. We don’t want to have to go back into the ditch. We just got the car out.”

Sports on 5/13/10

Celtics finish off Cavs in Boston 94-85

Just how credible are ESPN's 'experts'?

Sox vs TOR: Dale Scott's strike zone in detail

The king is dead. Have fun in New York.

Abdul-Jabbar scores again - proposal to raise NBA entry age to 21 is a winner

Pictures and Memes