Reddit on August 10, 2010: Top Posts and Discussions

Tuesday, Aug. 10th 2010

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Germany's super-rich have rejected an invitation by Bill Gates and Warren Buffett to join their 'Giving Pledge' to give away most of their fortune. The pledge has been criticized in Germany, with millionaires saying donations shouldn't replace duties that would be better carried out by the state.
r/worldnews · Spacksack · 773 pts
Putin puts out two wildfires in central Russia (!)
r/worldnews · igeldard · 507 pts
ISP who received FBI "National Security Letter" sued the FBI and DoJ in 2004; overturned part of the Patriot Act caused the law to be changed, caused a DoJ self-investigation/audit which uncovered massive abuses, but still could not speak publicly due to an FBI gag order for over 6 years...
r/news · Bumbaclaat · 315 pts
Fox News Host Wants to Open Gay Bar Next to Ground Zero Mosque
r/news · konkeydong · 227 pts
Iran to get rid of its dollar and euro reserves in response to the latest U.N. sanctions over its contested nuclear program: "We consider these currencies dirty and won't sell oil in dollar and euro"
r/worldnews · DougBolivar · 154 pts
Swedish Pirate Party: Cartoons are not child porn
r/worldnews · DRkarg · 149 pts
US tank crew wanted for murder | The Spanish government wants a three-man US army tank crew to stand trial for the death of cameraman Jose Couso in Baghdad in 2003.
r/worldnews · Occidentalist · 148 pts
Man becomes only person to have ever trekked the 4000 mile length of Amazon river.
r/worldnews · lughnasadh · 136 pts

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playing music for friends

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Whenever I feel down I look at this picture, then I stfu and move on with my day.

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The Nothing

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Kissing Faces in a Spill

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Saw this on the window of my local shoe repair shop while waiting for the bus today.

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My birthday and my family reunion have only fallen on the same day twice. Witness the years of difference.

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Illustrated: How to Properly Exit an Aircraft

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Thank you Chrome.

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Reddit on August 10, 2010

Tuesday, Aug. 10th 2010

News on 8/10/10

Germany's super-rich have rejected an invitation by Bill Gates and Warren Buffett to join their 'Giving Pledge' to give away most of their fortune. The pledge has been criticized in Germany, with millionaires saying donations shouldn't replace duties that would be better carried out by the state.

Putin puts out two wildfires in central Russia (!)

ISP who received FBI "National Security Letter" sued the FBI and DoJ in 2004; overturned part of the Patriot Act caused the law to be changed, caused a DoJ self-investigation/audit which uncovered massive abuses, but still could not speak publicly due to an FBI gag order for over 6 years...

Fox News Host Wants to Open Gay Bar Next to Ground Zero Mosque

Iran to get rid of its dollar and euro reserves in response to the latest U.N. sanctions over its contested nuclear program: "We consider these currencies dirty and won't sell oil in dollar and euro"

Swedish Pirate Party: Cartoons are not child porn

US tank crew wanted for murder | The Spanish government wants a three-man US army tank crew to stand trial for the death of cameraman Jose Couso in Baghdad in 2003.

Man becomes only person to have ever trekked the 4000 mile length of Amazon river.

Politics on 8/10/10

Fuck Google: Wireless Internet too competitive for net neutrality

Wells Fargo ordered to pay consumers $203 million for manipulating the order of transactions to maximize overdraft fees.

Thomas Jefferson said mentioning Jesus in the Preamble to the Constitution was rejected to make it clear that the rights of Muslims and others were protected

An annual income of two hundred and fifty thousand dollars puts you in the top three per cent of American households, and is more than four times the national median. You’re rich, and a small tax increase isn’t going to rock your world.

RADLEY BALKO talks to police officers about why you should go to jail for daring to videotape them. Reading the result, it’s troubling that these people are in positions of authority.

Sports on 8/10/10

How NOT to impress your girlfriend at a baseball game

20 Most Bizarre College Sports Mascots

Any other sports fans get to the point where they realize that “Best Ever” conversations are a completely pointless waste of time and energy?

This is one of my favorite sports brawls of all time, what's yours?

Following comments from Brandon Phillips the night before, Reds and Cards have bench clearing brawl in BOTTOM OF THE FIRST

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