Reddit on April 16, 2011: Top Posts and Discussions

Saturday, Apr. 16th 2011

News on 4/16/11

“The BP oil spill has caused far more serious impact on the environment than the Fukushima accident".
r/worldnews · IamJulianAssange · 1920 pts
Belgian pedophile bishop goes on National TV, admits abusing kids, downplays abuse, refuses to consider giving up priesthood and says church is unfairly targeted. His punishment: being sent outside the country for spiritual and psychological counseling.
r/worldnews · salamanque1 · 558 pts
Emails expose BP's attempts to control research into impact of Gulf oil spill | Environment | guardian.co.uk
r/news · rondobbs · 489 pts
Police made sixth arrest in their investigation of Anonymous that launched a series of cyber attacks on major firms it saw as anti-WikiLeaks
r/worldnews · maxwellhill · 348 pts
Ian Tomlinson died of fall injuries from push by police officer at G20 protest, says pathologist
r/worldnews · maxwellhill · 244 pts
Brave CNN Reporter exposes inhuman and barbaric treatment of protesters by Bahrain security forces and their Saudi and Pakistani allies who continue to raid houses in the night taking the protesters away one by one at gunpoint.
r/worldnews · [deleted] · 220 pts
Grocer sues food pantry for giving free food to the poor.
r/news · jefuchs · 213 pts
Raul Castro proposes term limits in Cuba
r/worldnews · jack_alexander · 199 pts

Politics on 4/16/11

Sports on 4/16/11

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My buddy bought $110 worth of lucky charms marshmallows.. This is what that looks like..

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Reddit, it hailed like crazy last night. So I took a pic. Then my dog photobombed it. Everything went better than expected.

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hey reddit, i just made peeps sushi for my friend's party tomorrow!

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I don't think I've ever hated a fictional character as much as I hate this kid.

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Romantic Psychopath has a small request...

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a friend calling?

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Dwight doesn't approve of trite aphorisms.

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Week Clothes vs Weekend Clothes

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"Of Optimistic Crabs and Men"

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Television TL;DW

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I started watching anime called "sketchbook TV" and found this. Holy zombie fortresses, batman!

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This is how I downvote.

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My cat caught a hummingbird. Never thought I'd hold one of these guys.

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I dont always load

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This is how I see the final round of the tournament

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Successful black man gets a $110 bag

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Business Cat needs to get office supplies

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Just In Case, I've Brought My Net and Lures.

r/AdviceAnimals · 131 pts

Reddit on April 16, 2011

Saturday, Apr. 16th 2011

News on 4/16/11

“The BP oil spill has caused far more serious impact on the environment than the Fukushima accident".

Belgian pedophile bishop goes on National TV, admits abusing kids, downplays abuse, refuses to consider giving up priesthood and says church is unfairly targeted. His punishment: being sent outside the country for spiritual and psychological counseling.

Emails expose BP's attempts to control research into impact of Gulf oil spill | Environment | guardian.co.uk

Police made sixth arrest in their investigation of Anonymous that launched a series of cyber attacks on major firms it saw as anti-WikiLeaks

Ian Tomlinson died of fall injuries from push by police officer at G20 protest, says pathologist

Brave CNN Reporter exposes inhuman and barbaric treatment of protesters by Bahrain security forces and their Saudi and Pakistani allies who continue to raid houses in the night taking the protesters away one by one at gunpoint.

Grocer sues food pantry for giving free food to the poor.

Raul Castro proposes term limits in Cuba

Politics on 4/16/11

This is everything that is wrong with corporate America: Borders bookstores gives executives $8,300,000 in bonuses after it lays off 6,000 workers and goes into chapter 11 bankruptcy

Am i incorrect in thinking that the majority of Americans are kept preoccupied with issues like abortion and gay marriage to prevent them from realizing that our country is quickly becoming a fascist plutocracy?

Florida governor Rick Scott admits to giving false info to judges to kill Florida high speed rail.

Pixar: nailed it

Historical first look into the Fed's bailout payments reveals breathtaking multi-trillion-dollar corruption. We got taken. Like a $220 million loan made to the wives of two Morgan Stanley execs, who had no visible investment experience.

Sports on 4/16/11

Blake as Norm...no, Norm as Blake....wait. Norm McDonald and Blake Griffin are Blake Griffin.

NCAA approves series of football rules changes...teams can lose points for taunting penalties...will be an interesting year ahead

Bill Simmons on FT discrepancy between Heat/Bulls and 76ers/Pacers

Watching MIA-PHI, and there's loud chanting and clapping while the Heat are on defense although no one in the crowd can be seen clapping. Anybody else wish the NBA would ban stadiums from playing noise while the game is going on?

Why Norm MacDonald is perfect for Sports Show vol. Keeping it real at the ESPY's [1998]

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