Reddit on November 17, 2010: Top Posts and Discussions

Wednesday, Nov. 17th 2010

News on 11/17/10

Major spy scandal as Norway, Denmark, Finland, Sweden and Iceland catch the U.S. watching their citizens
r/worldnews · maxwellhill · 1286 pts
NYT op-ed: 'On Nov. 4, Anderson Cooper did America a favor. He expertly deconstructed on his CNN show the bogus rumor that Obama’s trip to Asia would cost $200 million a day. It showed that there is an antidote to malicious journalism — and that’s good journalism.'
r/news · maxwellhill · 717 pts
The TSA has listened to your complaints, considered your arguments, and has a reply: Submit to screenings or stay the fuck home
r/news · casspa · 627 pts
The new U.N. torture expert urged the United States on Tuesday to conduct a full investigation into torture under the Bush administration and prosecute offenders as well as senior officials who ordered it
r/worldnews · [deleted] · 355 pts
Innocent Texans, executed because their requests for a DNA test were denied
r/news · almodozo · 237 pts
Pictures of protests throughout the world [pics]
r/worldnews · [deleted] · 224 pts
UK Government comes out against net neutrality: "the market should decide the extent to which service providers can charge for preferential content delivery and slow down other traffic"
r/worldnews · [deleted] · 187 pts
Politician calls cops on boys, 13, for running unlicensed cupcake stand
r/news · DucoNihilum · 109 pts

Politics on 11/17/10

Sports on 11/17/10

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How to hack an electric road sign

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This is the only one that has ever truly made me go into deep thought.

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Dear every retailer who is playing Christmas music already...

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Amazing picture of Submarine Battle

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reddit, this shit makes me sadder than dead kittens...

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My wife is Christmas decorating...here is my contribution (Possible NSFW)

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I'm an unemployed IT guy, apparently too old for anyone to hire anymore, so I bake bread. This is a photo of my semi-wheat Italian.

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Finally someone got it right

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Reddit on November 17, 2010

Wednesday, Nov. 17th 2010

News on 11/17/10

Major spy scandal as Norway, Denmark, Finland, Sweden and Iceland catch the U.S. watching their citizens

NYT op-ed: 'On Nov. 4, Anderson Cooper did America a favor. He expertly deconstructed on his CNN show the bogus rumor that Obama’s trip to Asia would cost $200 million a day. It showed that there is an antidote to malicious journalism — and that’s good journalism.'

The TSA has listened to your complaints, considered your arguments, and has a reply: Submit to screenings or stay the fuck home

The new U.N. torture expert urged the United States on Tuesday to conduct a full investigation into torture under the Bush administration and prosecute offenders as well as senior officials who ordered it

Innocent Texans, executed because their requests for a DNA test were denied

Pictures of protests throughout the world [pics]

UK Government comes out against net neutrality: "the market should decide the extent to which service providers can charge for preferential content delivery and slow down other traffic"

Politician calls cops on boys, 13, for running unlicensed cupcake stand

Politics on 11/17/10

Rep. Ron Paul introduces the American Traveler Dignity Act

TSA Exposes woman's breasts during screening. "One male TSA employee expressed to the plaintiff that he wished he would have been there when she came through the first time and that 'he would just have to watch the video,'"

Internet Blacklist - A new bill being debated this week would create an Internet blacklist of sites that US Internet providers would be required to block. (first vote is scheduled Thursday, Nov. 18)

If you won't submit to screening, you won't fly, TSA says - Airline passengers who object to any type of physical screening are not going to fly anywhere, the head of the Transportation Security Administration told a congressional committee Tuesday.

Out of 535 members of Congress, nearly half of them, 261, are millionaires. Of these congressional millionaires, 55 have an average calculated wealth in 2009 of $10 million or more, with eight in the $100 million-plus range. Among US citizens, only 1% can claim to be millionaires.

Sports on 11/17/10

8-yr-old wearing Jets jersey tackled by adult Cleveland Browns fan after Sunday's game.

Greg Oden is out for the season again.

Insane rant about the Redskins by a DC-area sports radio host. This is incredible.

Show the US team some love!

Is it just me or is OchoCinco a bit too public about this now?

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