Reddit on April 13, 2011: Top Posts and Discussions

Wednesday, Apr. 13th 2011

News on 4/13/11

Jamaica to Look Again at Decriminalizing Marijuana
r/worldnews · maxwellhill · 1126 pts
Briton 'beaten to death' in a Dubai police cell after being arrested for swearing
r/worldnews · tpk1024 · 1115 pts
UN Torture envoy slams the US. "...It is the kind of censure that the UN normally reserves for authoritarian regimes around the world."
r/news · iconn427 · 671 pts
Bolivia is drawing up a draft UN treaty which would give Mother Earth the same rights as humans, including the right to life, to pure water and clean air.
r/worldnews · redddinmtl · 628 pts
"The clatter of helicopter blades echoed across the jungles of northwestern Ecuador...The police had received a tip that a gang of Colombian drug smugglers had set up a clandestine work site here...And whatever the traffickers were building, the tipster had warned, was truly enormous."
r/worldnews · trot-trot · 428 pts
500lb bomb left on busy road in Northern Ireland. Cops put cones and tape around it and fuck off back to their station...
r/worldnews · [deleted] · 295 pts
New Zealand's trying to pass a previously rejected three-strikes Internet disconnection law by attaching it to legislation dealing with the earthquakes in Christchurch.
r/worldnews · RangerSix · 180 pts
Susan Manning calls on British foreign secretary to check her son's physical and mental health in maximum security custody
r/worldnews · ask0 · 178 pts

Politics on 4/13/11

Sports on 4/13/11

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Waiter saw my boyfriend teaching me the up vote hand symbol and hooked us up!

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As soon as I found out my wife was pregnant I bought a camera specifically for this purpose.

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A letter to my daughter

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Please stop.

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Everybody hurts sometimes.

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Scumbag Owyn

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Inappropriate Sexual Inuendo Dog That Dresses and Talks Like a Pirate on keeping clean

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INTRODUCING: Happy Forever Alone

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It's a proven method

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How Louis CK responds to his offended critics

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I don't always test my code...

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There was a complaint on reddit earlier that adviceanimals were becoming too specific, so without further adieu I present to you: Inappropriate sexual inuendo dog that dresses and talks like a pirate.

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This is the type of shit I don't see on the front page enough.

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Joseph Ducreux

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Asian father has an alcoholic son

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Engineering Professor at it again.

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Crazy Girlfriend Praying Mantis Argues

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Confucius says, Redditor who suggest making sailing vessel out of goose feather...

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Reddit on April 13, 2011

Wednesday, Apr. 13th 2011

News on 4/13/11

Jamaica to Look Again at Decriminalizing Marijuana

Briton 'beaten to death' in a Dubai police cell after being arrested for swearing

UN Torture envoy slams the US. "...It is the kind of censure that the UN normally reserves for authoritarian regimes around the world."

Bolivia is drawing up a draft UN treaty which would give Mother Earth the same rights as humans, including the right to life, to pure water and clean air.

"The clatter of helicopter blades echoed across the jungles of northwestern Ecuador...The police had received a tip that a gang of Colombian drug smugglers had set up a clandestine work site here...And whatever the traffickers were building, the tipster had warned, was truly enormous."

500lb bomb left on busy road in Northern Ireland. Cops put cones and tape around it and fuck off back to their station...

New Zealand's trying to pass a previously rejected three-strikes Internet disconnection law by attaching it to legislation dealing with the earthquakes in Christchurch.

Susan Manning calls on British foreign secretary to check her son's physical and mental health in maximum security custody

Politics on 4/13/11

Anthony Weiner calls out Republicans for their hypocrisy on Medicare: "Isn't it ironic they spent all last year criticizing the health care act because it harmed Medicare; now suddenly, they want to eliminate Medicare" (video)

I'm a Republican. I have a bet for r/politics. If Donald J. Trump wins even a single state during the Primary, I will donate a dollar for every upvote this gets (up to $5000) to MoveOn. If Trump fails to do this, I'd like 5000 redditors to donate a dollar to cancer research.

Hedge Fund Gamblers Earn the Same In One Hour As a Middle-Class Household Makes In Over 47 Years. Historians are certain to look back at this period and wonder why the richest country in history consumed itself in a struggle over how many teachers to fire.

Koch gets kickbacks for getting Walker elected: Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker And Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice David Prosser crushed regulations on Koch Industry's Georgia Pacific plants to let them dump thousands of pounds of phosphorus pollution into rivers

What. The. Fuck. Fox News publishes hours after a student's suicide. Can we get this woman fired?

Sports on 4/13/11

All of 'The Onion' articles on Tim Duncan. The headlines alone are hilarious.

Polish gymnast tumbles like a boss.

Kobe Bryant calls ref, "fucking fag" (37 seconds into video)

The difference one man can make in 1year. [NSFClevelandFans]

Von Wafer misses dunk, thinks he made it and while celebrating causes his teammate to double dribble. All while losing the game by 1 point.

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