Reddit on October 9, 2010: Top Posts and Discussions

Saturday, Oct. 9th 2010

News on 10/9/10

Canadian couple who discovered that their fetus was likely to have Down's Syndrome decided that they wanted to have an abortion. The problems was the fetus was being carried by a surrogate, who wanted to carry the pregnancy to term.
r/worldnews · BlackRyder · 868 pts
Nobel Peace Prize winner's wife has 'disappeared,' lawyer says
r/worldnews · [deleted] · 437 pts
Hard up farmer digs up Roman helmet on his land and hopes to sell it for about 32,000 dollars. Instead it earns him about 3.67 million
r/worldnews · crazybones · 354 pts
Drills breakthrough to trapped Chilean miners
r/news · maxwellhill · 349 pts
Lightning kills entire soccer team during game.
r/worldnews · PeopleAreStaring · 340 pts
Clown elected to Brazilian congress, "It couldn't get any worse. Vote for me"
r/worldnews · maximumcrisis · 224 pts
CNN streaming live from North Korean party parade - amazing imagery
r/worldnews · pieninja · 153 pts
China forces wife of Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo to leave Beijing
r/worldnews · maxwellhill · 145 pts

Politics on 10/9/10

Sports on 10/9/10

Pictures and Memes

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My girlfriend's nephew got to pet a camel today. He is now officially scared of camels.

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Prototype for my Halloween costume

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This is how I read my own ratemyprofessor page

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I tried, Reddit.

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The cutest thing you will see today.

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Wag of the Finger, Colbert!

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Oscar winning trollface.

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Biebscemi

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Reddit on October 9, 2010

Saturday, Oct. 9th 2010

News on 10/9/10

Canadian couple who discovered that their fetus was likely to have Down's Syndrome decided that they wanted to have an abortion. The problems was the fetus was being carried by a surrogate, who wanted to carry the pregnancy to term.

Nobel Peace Prize winner's wife has 'disappeared,' lawyer says

Hard up farmer digs up Roman helmet on his land and hopes to sell it for about 32,000 dollars. Instead it earns him about 3.67 million

Drills breakthrough to trapped Chilean miners

Lightning kills entire soccer team during game.

Clown elected to Brazilian congress, "It couldn't get any worse. Vote for me"

CNN streaming live from North Korean party parade - amazing imagery

China forces wife of Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo to leave Beijing

Politics on 10/9/10

Faiz Shakir, a reporter at ThinkProgress.org has uncovered money donated to the Chamber of Commerce , in the millions of dollars, from foreign nationals and possibly directly from governments being used to run political ads against Democrats in direct violation of US Law and the US Constitution.

"What is it with conservatives? Seriously, I'm not trying to be partisan but it seems like if they're anti-illegal alien, they have illegal aliens working for them. If they're anti-gay, they turn out to be gay. If they're super Christian, they're a witch." —Bill Maher

Fox Nation - where all the hard hitting questions are asked

"American people hire high powered lobbyist to push interests in Congress" (man I love The Onion)

"The latest unemployment statistics show that the nation remains locked in an employment crisis. One of the major potential solutions is all around us. America's infrastructure is indisputably in sorry shape, and upgrading it is far and away the best strategy for putting people back to work."

Sports on 10/9/10

Hats off to South Carolina...

Yet another Texas Tech Onside Kick FAILURE.

FC Barcelona's Sick Pass vs LA Lakers

Steelers' fans after last week's game winning touchdown[pic]

Michigan State dominates Michigan 34-17

Pictures and Memes