Reddit on July 4, 2011: Top Posts and Discussions

Monday, Jul. 4th 2011

News on 7/4/11

The UN is aiding a corporate takeover of drinking water; billions of dollars are being given out to the most ardent promoters of water privatization
r/worldnews · mepper · 1065 pts
"They're often called lost boys, the many young men who keep postponing adulthood. As Donna Nebenzahl writes, social scientists are trying to figure out why their numbers keep growing"
r/worldnews · d07c0m · 965 pts
A law passed this morning allows Australian police officers to remove the burqa (or any head coverings) or face 12 months in prison
r/worldnews · jms8 · 856 pts
Berlusconi government to pass law canceling 750.000.000 € in damages owed by Berlusconi to competing media company.
r/worldnews · malaspinaOTT · 603 pts
A hardworking upstate welder got so fed up with losing work to overseas competition and being forced to lay off his own relatives that he decided to forge a new business -- a sprawling, Walmart-style store that peddles products entirely made in America.
r/news · sullen_ole_geezer · 538 pts
Missing Milly Dowler's voicemail was hacked by Rupert Murdoch's "News of the World" newspaper
r/worldnews · claudio579 · 504 pts
Iceland considers making cigarettes pescription-only.
r/worldnews · fergie · 364 pts
Leaked Emails Reveal UK Government Conspiracy To Downplay Fukushima Nuclear Disaster
r/worldnews · txstoploss · 276 pts

Politics on 7/4/11

Sports on 7/4/11

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Drew this for you, Reddit. Enjoy!

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As a European this is all I know about Independence Day

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Fry meme dead?

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super mario earth

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She may not look like much but she's got it where it counts, kid.

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Poor guy.

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Sanity wolf on coffee and women

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Tech Impaired Duck learns how to screenshot

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It's never worth it.

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Yeah, that's why i don't have a girlfriend.

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How I feel posts get to the frontpage.

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My version of a patriotic cake!

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I married a Canadian. This was our wedding cake topper.

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I tell you what.

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SAP is a hero!

r/AdviceAnimals · 528 pts

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Cowardly Will Smith

r/AdviceAnimals · 229 pts

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Happy Independence Day!

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makes it more exciting

r/AdviceAnimals · 162 pts

Reddit on July 4, 2011

Monday, Jul. 4th 2011

News on 7/4/11

The UN is aiding a corporate takeover of drinking water; billions of dollars are being given out to the most ardent promoters of water privatization

"They're often called lost boys, the many young men who keep postponing adulthood. As Donna Nebenzahl writes, social scientists are trying to figure out why their numbers keep growing"

A law passed this morning allows Australian police officers to remove the burqa (or any head coverings) or face 12 months in prison

Berlusconi government to pass law canceling 750.000.000 € in damages owed by Berlusconi to competing media company.

A hardworking upstate welder got so fed up with losing work to overseas competition and being forced to lay off his own relatives that he decided to forge a new business -- a sprawling, Walmart-style store that peddles products entirely made in America.

Missing Milly Dowler's voicemail was hacked by Rupert Murdoch's "News of the World" newspaper

Iceland considers making cigarettes pescription-only.

Leaked Emails Reveal UK Government Conspiracy To Downplay Fukushima Nuclear Disaster

Politics on 7/4/11

Mississippi: 15 year old girl is the first person to be charged with murder for losing her unborn child at 36 weeks; they charged her with the "depraved-heart murder" of her child, which carries a mandatory life sentence

Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed. - Dwight D. Eisenhower

Would it be possible to start a petition to set the salary of a member of Congress to the median income of of an American?

Does anyone else, in spite of the negative hype, feel like Obama is going to win by a landslide in the next election?

Fox News Exposed for what it really is.

Sports on 7/4/11

Joey Chestnut ate 62 hot dogs today. Takeru Kobayashi ate 69.

Seniors Doubles Tennis is where it's at

Caroline Wozniacki and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga [pic]

72 years ago today, Lou Gehrig gave his famous farewell speech at Yankee Stadium

One of the most entertaining and skilled tennis players ever. (Amazing trick shots in real matches)

Pictures and Memes