Reddit on May 8, 2011: Top Posts and Discussions

Sunday, May. 8th 2011

News on 5/8/11

Rwanda’s Children Born of Rape
r/worldnews · [deleted] · 969 pts
Mexico's failed war against the drug gangs - Mexicans are calling for an end to the battle against organised crime that has cost 40,000 lives
r/worldnews · magoghm · 942 pts
Ecuador bans 500-yr-old tradition of bullfighting; voters in a referendum held on Saturday also outlawed cockfighting and casino gambling
r/worldnews · maxwellhill · 855 pts
Man Gets LIFE in Prison for Marijuana Charge
r/news · el-hitchhiker · 555 pts
The Pakistan government has decided not to conduct an inquiry of any kind at any level whatsoever about the Abbottabad incident to find those responsible for intelligence failure and violation of Pakistani borders and sovereignty.
r/worldnews · IamJulianAssange · 484 pts
Malawi expels UK diplomat after UK remarks that the country doesn't tolerate criticism.
r/worldnews · Blorktronics · 474 pts
Graduate school is a suicide mission, and academia is a microcosm of America's failed economy as a whole.
r/news · zombieaynrand · 264 pts
Muslims attack church in Egypt: 6 killed and 120 injured
r/worldnews · Kaffir · 255 pts

Politics on 5/8/11

Sports on 5/8/11

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Long Exposure of a Lighthouse

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My brothers and I made a mothers day card.

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Does not enjoy baths.

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A scarily accurate prediction from the movie Airplane II: The Sequel. (NSFW)

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SSM On Drugs

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Annoying Facebook Girl

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Tyler Durden and the PSN outage

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All i said was hell though.....

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SSM On Pediatricians

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Realistic Drawing of Spongebob squarepants

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My boyfriend use to live on reddit and he got me hooked as well. In memory of him, I finally made an account... "Nothin' but blue skies" have been out since April 12.

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Two levels

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Long Exposure of a Snail

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Busted! [Sheltering Suburban Mom]

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Sensai.

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Your Computer Job

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SAP Likes A Facebook Pic

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Sheltering Suburban Mom on music

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Reddit on May 8, 2011

Sunday, May. 8th 2011

News on 5/8/11

Rwanda’s Children Born of Rape

Mexico's failed war against the drug gangs - Mexicans are calling for an end to the battle against organised crime that has cost 40,000 lives

Ecuador bans 500-yr-old tradition of bullfighting; voters in a referendum held on Saturday also outlawed cockfighting and casino gambling

Man Gets LIFE in Prison for Marijuana Charge

The Pakistan government has decided not to conduct an inquiry of any kind at any level whatsoever about the Abbottabad incident to find those responsible for intelligence failure and violation of Pakistani borders and sovereignty.

Malawi expels UK diplomat after UK remarks that the country doesn't tolerate criticism.

Graduate school is a suicide mission, and academia is a microcosm of America's failed economy as a whole.

Muslims attack church in Egypt: 6 killed and 120 injured

Politics on 5/8/11

Illegal immigrants paid about $11.2 billion in taxes last year. GE paid $0.

Dennis Kucinich - Millions of Americans are out of work, losing their homes, their savings, their pensions, their retirement security. We are losing our Nation to Lies about the Necessity of Wars. Bring our Troops home. End the war. Secure our economy.

Obama order could make corporate political spending public. Voice your support by writing your congressmen. It's the only way to counter the corporate influence of money.

35 year old gets life in prison for marijuana.

Do any americans think that the country desperately needs a labor party? Not democrats, but a party whose core mission is to advance the interests of workers?

Sports on 5/8/11

WOW Bynum you fucking douche

The Dallas Mavericks have defeated the defending champion Los Angeles Lakers in 3½ games

Unanimous.

Kobe a fool

I wonder how much Stern will fine Cuban for beating the Lakers?

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