Reddit on July 1, 2010: Top Posts and Discussions

Thursday, Jul. 1st 2010

News on 7/1/10

Sweden ends compulsory military service
r/worldnews · johnnythehund · 605 pts
UK government launches "Your Freedom" - seeks public's opinion on which laws should be repealed (Digital Economy Bill seems to have quite a few detractors already...)
r/worldnews · Millss · 453 pts
May I introduce Germany's new first lady! And yes that is a real tattoo.
r/worldnews · Alofat · 324 pts
So waterboarding in the hands of the Japanese, the Khmer Rouge, East Germans, [etc] is “torture,” the American newspapers tell us, but indistinguishable techniques used by the American government are simply “enhanced interrogation techniques,” that “critics” “refer to as torture.”
r/news · blackstar9000 · 290 pts
UK Iraq Whistleblower 'Was Too Weak To Have Killed Himself’ - Dr David Kelly was found dead in woodland near his home in Oxfordshire in 2003 after he was exposed as the source of a BBC report that questioned the govt's case for war in Iraq.
r/worldnews · galt1776 · 259 pts
Seven years after we liberated them the citizens of Baghdad get less than five hours of electricity per day. What was it like before we delivered democracy?
r/worldnews · malcontent · 223 pts
Pope launches anti-secularism crusade
r/worldnews · [deleted] · 184 pts
Icelandic leader in milestone gay marriage - Iceland's prime minister made history last week when she wed her girlfriend, becoming the world's first head of government to enter a gay marriage.
r/worldnews · galt1776 · 103 pts

Politics on 7/1/10

Sports on 7/1/10

Pictures and Memes

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How to troll your baby

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Reddit laptop users, this is for you :D

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Snape's got a point

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Very true....

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Why couldn't I have been shown this in maths class?

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You have forgotten your place.

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I've thought this way about the Jedi before. Glad to see someone shares my sentiments.

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Right now you believe this view is incredible, don't you?

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Reddit on July 1, 2010

Thursday, Jul. 1st 2010

News on 7/1/10

Sweden ends compulsory military service

UK government launches "Your Freedom" - seeks public's opinion on which laws should be repealed (Digital Economy Bill seems to have quite a few detractors already...)

May I introduce Germany's new first lady! And yes that is a real tattoo.

So waterboarding in the hands of the Japanese, the Khmer Rouge, East Germans, [etc] is “torture,” the American newspapers tell us, but indistinguishable techniques used by the American government are simply “enhanced interrogation techniques,” that “critics” “refer to as torture.”

UK Iraq Whistleblower 'Was Too Weak To Have Killed Himself’ - Dr David Kelly was found dead in woodland near his home in Oxfordshire in 2003 after he was exposed as the source of a BBC report that questioned the govt's case for war in Iraq.

Seven years after we liberated them the citizens of Baghdad get less than five hours of electricity per day. What was it like before we delivered democracy?

Pope launches anti-secularism crusade

Icelandic leader in milestone gay marriage - Iceland's prime minister made history last week when she wed her girlfriend, becoming the world's first head of government to enter a gay marriage.

Politics on 7/1/10

America's Energy Sacrifices

Starting today July 1st, 2010 if you have been denied health insurance due to a pre-existing condition, you can now get health insurance.

Whistle blower to testify on oil spill worst fear: BP deliberately sinks oil with Corexit as cover up

Oregon Bans Credit Checks by Employers

Ron Paul: The Most Powerful Army is Fighting a War Against People Who Have NO Tanks! NO Planes! NO Money! 100,000 US soldiers for 100 Al Qaeda insurgents. What is going on???

Sports on 7/1/10

The Mets have to pay Bobby Bonilla $1,193,248.20 per year until he's 72.

Conan O'Brien chimes in about Lebron James

For all the Lebron talk, at least Knicks fans realize their biggest problem...

The reason us "Yanks" call it soccer.

The Lakers' Pau Gasol "One of the best ball handlers in hooperball"

Pictures and Memes