Reddit on March 26, 2011: Top Posts and Discussions

Saturday, Mar. 26th 2011

News on 3/26/11

Massive demonstration today in Britain. 400,000 protest against budget cuts for the people and tax-breaks for the rich.
r/worldnews · specter_is_haunting · 1473 pts
India has allowed the right to euthanasia because of an extreme case where a young girl was strangled into unconsciousness with a dog chain while being raped. She was plunged into a vegetative state from which she never recovered. Thirty-seven years later, the courts say she could be allowed to die.
r/worldnews · SolInvictus · 987 pts
Japan: The students and teachers at Ookawa school knew what to do when the tsunami warning sounded. But they never thought it would happen to them, so they didn't go to higher ground and drowned.
r/worldnews · SolInvictus · 778 pts
Woman cries for help, says abused by Gaddafi men
r/worldnews · rbhindepmo · 715 pts
Losing Our Way -- Bob Herbert, in his final column, reflects upon 18 years with the NYT & the world in which we all now reside - "Limitless greed, unrestrained corporate power and a ferocious addiction to foreign oil... Americans behave as if this is somehow normal or acceptable… It shouldn’t be…
r/news · Kranky_Old_Dude · 420 pts
Tripoli Shock: Minders Snatch 'Rape Victim'
r/worldnews · redddinmtl · 290 pts
The American that died for a free Libya. "Dad, we're not cowards," he told his father, Libya-born Osama Bensadik. "I can go to the States and can have everything. But how about the kids here? They don't have the opportunity to do that. Today his body was found today in Ajdabiya.
r/worldnews · DigitalisAkujin · 226 pts
Should lying be illegal? Canada's broadcasters debate.
r/worldnews · SolInvictus · 221 pts

Politics on 3/26/11

Sports on 3/26/11

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Four Stages of Life...

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My brother just became a World Champion! He's a redditor. Get this shit to the front page!

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If this catches on I'm quitting the internet

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MY grandma is 87 now, but here's a few things she did in her 85th year. (with sideways hat pic)

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Something I just realized...fuck.

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Insanity Wolf's Favorite Cookie

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Philosoraptor on intolerance

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It's so true.

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Every time I see someone bitch about duck faces on reddit I think of this

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I made a Tank for my cat

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Meanwhile, on Earth

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Spread Anarchy

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So...am I doing this right?

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Scumbag Kurt...

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Philosoraptor on Wile E. Coyote

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Dating Site Murderer really cares about you.

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Bachelor frog

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Anti-Joke Chicken's political views.

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Reddit on March 26, 2011

Saturday, Mar. 26th 2011

News on 3/26/11

Massive demonstration today in Britain. 400,000 protest against budget cuts for the people and tax-breaks for the rich.

India has allowed the right to euthanasia because of an extreme case where a young girl was strangled into unconsciousness with a dog chain while being raped. She was plunged into a vegetative state from which she never recovered. Thirty-seven years later, the courts say she could be allowed to die.

Japan: The students and teachers at Ookawa school knew what to do when the tsunami warning sounded. But they never thought it would happen to them, so they didn't go to higher ground and drowned.

Woman cries for help, says abused by Gaddafi men

Tripoli Shock: Minders Snatch 'Rape Victim'

The American that died for a free Libya. "Dad, we're not cowards," he told his father, Libya-born Osama Bensadik. "I can go to the States and can have everything. But how about the kids here? They don't have the opportunity to do that. Today his body was found today in Ajdabiya.

Should lying be illegal? Canada's broadcasters debate.

Politics on 3/26/11

Delaware Police lie to man on camera, and then rip out his basketball hoop (and all of the hoops in the neighborhood)

Maine Governor Paul LePage orders the removal of a 36-foot-long, 11-panel mural depicting the state's labor history, because it's too "one-sided" in favor of employees.

History professor in Wisconsin compares Gov. Walker to Joe McCarthy. Response of the Republicans? Start a witch-hunt. (I rest my case...)

The Onion nailed it on the recent wave of reform in abortion policy: "This is a great victory for us conservatives, who recognize that government intrusion is 100 percent necessary in this case and in absolutely no others."

Bible Belt? More like "Divorce Belt" or "Teenage Pregnancy Belt"

Sports on 3/26/11

Butler does it again! They're headed to the final four.

Anybody else catch this priceless moment after VCU won?

US Draws Argentina 1-1!

Let's watch this again, Miller to Batum.

Their coach still gets carded, their players actually go to class, and Butler makes the Final Four twice in two years. Who'dathunk?

Pictures and Memes