Reddit on August 11, 2010: Top Posts and Discussions

Wednesday, Aug. 11th 2010

News on 8/11/10

Big surprise: Pope decides priests who protect pedophiles should keep their jobs.
r/worldnews · ploploplo · 854 pts
End of the Internet? Google-Verizon Pact: It Gets Worse. "But cut through the platitudes...and you'll find this deal is even worse than advertised. The proposal is one massive loophole that sets the stage for the corporate takeover of the Internet."
r/news · American_Pie · 357 pts
US engineer sold military secrets to China, Including Stealth Technology
r/worldnews · TheCannon · 267 pts
A man, helped by Israeli and international activists, can be seen in the video trying to dismantle his own house before the bulldozers got to it – in order to save the materials from destruction – but was prevented from doing so by Israeli police. Reference: Bedouin village razed for the third time.
r/worldnews · Datum · 247 pts
Barbarous torture state trying a 15 year old Canadian citizen for war crimes, while using confessions obtained while he was bleeding on a stretcher being threatened with gang rape.
r/worldnews · [deleted] · 147 pts
Fuck you Obama. This is not the change we were looking for. Obama presses allies to go after Assange
r/worldnews · [deleted] · 146 pts
Man grows pea plant inside lung
r/worldnews · christoris · 101 pts
Chinese general says China must embrace democratic reform.
r/worldnews · tinhat · 96 pts

Politics on 8/11/10

Sports on 8/11/10

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No thanks... [PIC]

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Look, Gary Larson put Mohammed in a comic and didn't get in any trouble...

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I bet Reddit can't resist MMA fighter Gina Carano's sexy lip bite. [gif]

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Red pandas don't like the summer heat

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Hallmark didn't fuck around in the 50s

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One of the last things that poor girl saw in 1990...

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Spider-Can, Spider-Can, Does Whatever a Spider Can

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Sigh .. was on /b/ this morning and saw this. Please be aware.

r/pics · 432 pts

Reddit on August 11, 2010

Wednesday, Aug. 11th 2010

News on 8/11/10

Big surprise: Pope decides priests who protect pedophiles should keep their jobs.

End of the Internet? Google-Verizon Pact: It Gets Worse. "But cut through the platitudes...and you'll find this deal is even worse than advertised. The proposal is one massive loophole that sets the stage for the corporate takeover of the Internet."

US engineer sold military secrets to China, Including Stealth Technology

Barbarous torture state trying a 15 year old Canadian citizen for war crimes, while using confessions obtained while he was bleeding on a stretcher being threatened with gang rape.

Fuck you Obama. This is not the change we were looking for. Obama presses allies to go after Assange

Man grows pea plant inside lung

Chinese general says China must embrace democratic reform.

Politics on 8/11/10

S. Carolina Takes Stimulus Money -- Quietly, Since They Loudly Proclaimed They Would Never Do So!

And when you read about America in European newspapers, what you are likely to find is a tone bordering on pity. The U.S. is depicted as a fraying empire of obesity, ignorance, debt, gridlock, stagnation, and mindless war.

Joe Lieberman says he'll likely run for reelection in 2012. I will definitely donate money to his primary opponent.

Wanna bet this isn't the lead story tomorrow? Approval of the Republican party is at an all-time low.

51% Say Legalize Marijuana in New California Poll

Sports on 8/11/10

A young rookie hitter, Robin Ventura, charges the mound to fight a 46-year-old Nolan Ryan. Big mistake.

Cards Reds Brawl Aug. 10

I secretly hope that everything LeBron has done this summer is part of a grand scheme to become the greatest sports villain of all time.

Oh, god dammit, what Pokemon nerd vandalized our basketball court?

ESPN to air up to 74 EPL games a season for the next 3 years

Pictures and Memes