Reddit on March 19, 2011: Top Posts and Discussions

Saturday, Mar. 19th 2011

News on 3/19/11

Really sad news. Mohammed Nabbous (the guy in the video), founder of Libya AlHurra TV, who has been hosting a livestream from Benghazi has been shot dead. He leaves behind a young wife and unborn child.
r/worldnews · Apaz · 1474 pts
Bahrain Police Killing People by Drive by Shootings
r/worldnews · Mind_Virus · 1091 pts
Pro-Gaddafi forces are entering Benghazi NOW. If any country is going to stop it, they have to do it now.
r/worldnews · [deleted] · 735 pts
Alright, I think this may be the last of the Japan tsunami videos but it's by far the most horrifying and indicative of the devastation
r/worldnews · rudhdogg · 694 pts
US launches first missiles into Libya
r/worldnews · jonahgrant · 682 pts
French fighter jets deployed over Libya
r/worldnews · JeffTS · 545 pts
BBC - Why is US backing force in Libya but not Bahrain, Yemen?
r/worldnews · nyxsc · 531 pts
Man With 4th Amendment Written On His Chest Sues The TSA
r/news · [deleted] · 378 pts

Politics on 3/19/11

Sports on 3/19/11

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So True.

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So this guy walks up with a shopping cart as I'm snapping this picture and asked what I was doing and I said "Taking a picture of this douche's parking." and then he unlocked the car...

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We should make this a trend

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Solar powered clock

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Hipster Kitty on Iran

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Stoner Dog

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Got plans for tonight?

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Omnipresent

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Lil Jon

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Found this amazing picture of my grandfather.

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I surrender

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Rough test I did tonight

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Elton John's response to Rebecca Black

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Redneck Dancer is a true rebel

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Real Life FBF...

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Jealous Karate Kyle

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Perspire, Darling, Perspire

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Two wenches?

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Reddit on March 19, 2011

Saturday, Mar. 19th 2011

News on 3/19/11

Really sad news. Mohammed Nabbous (the guy in the video), founder of Libya AlHurra TV, who has been hosting a livestream from Benghazi has been shot dead. He leaves behind a young wife and unborn child.

Bahrain Police Killing People by Drive by Shootings

Pro-Gaddafi forces are entering Benghazi NOW. If any country is going to stop it, they have to do it now.

Alright, I think this may be the last of the Japan tsunami videos but it's by far the most horrifying and indicative of the devastation

US launches first missiles into Libya

French fighter jets deployed over Libya

BBC - Why is US backing force in Libya but not Bahrain, Yemen?

Man With 4th Amendment Written On His Chest Sues The TSA

Politics on 3/19/11

Today the US shot 119 Tomahawk missiles into Libya. At a cost of $575,000 Per missile the total cost is $68,425,000. Or 8.425 Million more than NPR receives in a year.

Not a single station is currently covering the revolution that is happening right now in Syria. The Syrian government is gunning protester down like animals.

Just being reported near the Deepwater Horizon accident a new oil spill spotted nearly 100 miles long and 10 miles wide. It is believed to be from the Matterhorn SeaStar oil rig, owned by W&T Offshore, Inc.

Marijuana Legalization Supporters to Try Again in California .. Supporters of last November's failed Prop 19 in California, the marijuana legalization ballot measure, have formed a new committee to try to put another measure on the state ballot in 2012

In Israel there are 30 laws which legally discriminate against the Palestinians. For example, a woman can not marry a Palestinian from Ramallah or from Gaza, or from Lebanon or from Syria, and continue to live in Nazareth, because Israel wants to preserve a Jewish majority.

Sports on 3/19/11

After two full days, President Obama correctly picked 29 out of 32 games in his bracket. This ranks him 492nd out of nearly six million people on ESPN.com, and puts him in the 100th percentile of all users.

This is what Vikings Punter Kluwe thinks about Roger.

Wrestler completes perfect season by winning NCAA title...with one leg

This brilliant Joe Posnanski article does two things: 1) it makes a great point about sports stats; 2) it almost perfectly describes my childhood.

TIL at age 18, Ken Griffey, Jr. attempted suicide.

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