Reddit on August 4, 2010: Top Posts and Discussions

Wednesday, Aug. 4th 2010

News on 8/4/10

Thirty-eight US billionaires have pledged at least 50% of their wealth to charity through a campaign started by investor Warren Buffet and Microsoft founder Bill Gates.
r/news · zzybert · 616 pts
Israeli troops south of border when Lebanon fired, U.N. says
r/worldnews · ubershmekel · 290 pts
Police filmed dragging women and babies during protest
r/worldnews · Pooh_Bear · 219 pts
TV cameras capture the distressing moment a 5yr-old Palestinian boy sees his father arrested for stealing water
r/worldnews · maxwellhill · 192 pts
The trash is two feet deep, so compacted you can walk on it, and is blocking the world's biggest power plant of any kind
r/worldnews · suckaaaaa · 171 pts
One fine June day, the author is launching his best-selling memoir, Hitch-22. The next, he’s throwing up backstage at The Daily Show, in a brief bout of denial, before entering the unfamiliar country—with its egalitarian spirit, martial metaphors, and hard bargains of people who have cancer.
r/worldnews · Kaffir · 141 pts
Peru suffers deadly outbreak of bubonic and pneumonic plague
r/worldnews · alllie · 97 pts
Oldest university on earth is reborn after 800 years -
r/worldnews · spainguy · 73 pts

Politics on 8/4/10

Sports on 8/4/10

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Red Eye

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Dear Judge Vaughn Walker: This is the smile that you've put on my and my boyfriend's face today. Thanks!

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Bathroom Reader #17, page 435

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The snow fortress in "Inception" totally looks like my school's library.

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Epic Photobomber aka The News Raider

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Inception

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/B/'s practical guide to ratings [NSFW]

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This has got to be one of the most awesome creatures I have ever seen

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Reddit on August 4, 2010

Wednesday, Aug. 4th 2010

News on 8/4/10

Thirty-eight US billionaires have pledged at least 50% of their wealth to charity through a campaign started by investor Warren Buffet and Microsoft founder Bill Gates.

Israeli troops south of border when Lebanon fired, U.N. says

Police filmed dragging women and babies during protest

TV cameras capture the distressing moment a 5yr-old Palestinian boy sees his father arrested for stealing water

The trash is two feet deep, so compacted you can walk on it, and is blocking the world's biggest power plant of any kind

One fine June day, the author is launching his best-selling memoir, Hitch-22. The next, he’s throwing up backstage at The Daily Show, in a brief bout of denial, before entering the unfamiliar country—with its egalitarian spirit, martial metaphors, and hard bargains of people who have cancer.

Peru suffers deadly outbreak of bubonic and pneumonic plague

Oldest university on earth is reborn after 800 years -

Politics on 8/4/10

BIG NEWS: Prop 8 is unconstitutional, Judge rules

Turns out, the feds have been saving those naked body scan images after all

Jews criticize ADL for opposing Islamic Center near Ground Zero

Corn byproduct fructose literally fuels cancer cell growth, study finds

Federal Cop Shoots Dog at a Dog Park. No Charges: If anyone else who isn’t a cop pulls out a gun and shoots a dog at a dog park in a residential area, they'd be facing criminal charges!

Sports on 8/4/10

The most amazing catch we'll see all season... yeah right yahoo with your sensationalist headlines... oh, i stand corrected.

Brett Favre is about to have his Tiger Woods moment.

I know the soccer "fishing" celebration was good, but here's another that's on par.

Shaq continues to bounce around the league. Sources say he is now a Boston Celtic.

Fuck the Miami Heat, what I really wanna see is Shaq and the Celtics vs. Kobe and the Lakers in the 2011 Finals

Pictures and Memes