Reddit on July 12, 2011: Top Posts and Discussions

Tuesday, Jul. 12th 2011

News on 7/12/11

A simple invention, a bottle of water and a couple teaspoons of bleach, is bringing light to the slums of the Philippines.
r/worldnews · Montuckian · 2464 pts
The News International phone tapping scandal escalates spectacularly: new accusations that then British Prime Minister Gordon Brown and 10 members of the British Royal Family were tapped by Murdoch's other two flagship newspapers, The Sun and The Sunday Times.
r/worldnews · hazysummersky · 1794 pts
Rupert Murdoch is bleeding cash trying to save plummeting News Corp: The growing phone hacking scandal has sent News Corp's shares down 13% since the story first broke; the share price collapse had wiped more than $5bn off the market value of News Corp; Murdoch has personally lost $2bn
r/worldnews · mepper · 1539 pts
That story about the woman who was arrested to keep her from speaking at a council meeting is starting to get some traction in the news. Now they've declared a "state of emergency" to keep small town corruption under wraps.
r/news · tomg288374 · 1281 pts
"Who's profiting from this bonanza? That's easy - US military contractors and a global banking/financial elite. The notion that the US government would spend $10 billion a month just to chase a few "al-Qaeda types" in the Hindu Kush is nonsense."
r/worldnews · [deleted] · 1082 pts
Serbia wants U.N. to honor scientist & inventor Nikola Tesla's birthday -
r/worldnews · anutensil · 751 pts
Massive corruption in Quartzsite, Arizona: Every pay period, eight to 10 paychecks go to unnamed people. That's been happening since 1991 and amounts to $250,000 every year. "That's literally millions of dollars," Foster said.
r/news · [deleted] · 736 pts
Do we Need a Hippocratic oath for journalists? Does the media "ventriloquise the concerns of the elite"?
r/worldnews · DrRichardCranium · 428 pts

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My grandmother called the city of Miami to report a drainage problem in front of her house. The city worker told her "Put it on the Internet otherwise nobody will do anything". She's 90.

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How to look very stupid

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Found this on the street. Jordan, you may want to step up your game at work.

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Graffiti at its finest.

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How I feel browsing f7u12

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Guido Jesus rises

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Guido Jesus on forgiveness and bronzing

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Liberal Douche needs a teensy little favor

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Jesus guildo

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Fuck everything about this...

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Scandinavian coat of arms...

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Made a new icon for Google+ today.

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This is how Google+ feels right now

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To all conservative/liberal douche memes...

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Doesn't Guido Jesus remind you of this guy?

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Annoying Google+ Girl

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my thoughts on "liberal Douche lady"

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Scumbag Guido Jesus

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Reddit on July 12, 2011

Tuesday, Jul. 12th 2011

News on 7/12/11

A simple invention, a bottle of water and a couple teaspoons of bleach, is bringing light to the slums of the Philippines.

The News International phone tapping scandal escalates spectacularly: new accusations that then British Prime Minister Gordon Brown and 10 members of the British Royal Family were tapped by Murdoch's other two flagship newspapers, The Sun and The Sunday Times.

Rupert Murdoch is bleeding cash trying to save plummeting News Corp: The growing phone hacking scandal has sent News Corp's shares down 13% since the story first broke; the share price collapse had wiped more than $5bn off the market value of News Corp; Murdoch has personally lost $2bn

That story about the woman who was arrested to keep her from speaking at a council meeting is starting to get some traction in the news. Now they've declared a "state of emergency" to keep small town corruption under wraps.

"Who's profiting from this bonanza? That's easy - US military contractors and a global banking/financial elite. The notion that the US government would spend $10 billion a month just to chase a few "al-Qaeda types" in the Hindu Kush is nonsense."

Serbia wants U.N. to honor scientist & inventor Nikola Tesla's birthday -

Massive corruption in Quartzsite, Arizona: Every pay period, eight to 10 paychecks go to unnamed people. That's been happening since 1991 and amounts to $250,000 every year. "That's literally millions of dollars," Foster said.

Do we Need a Hippocratic oath for journalists? Does the media "ventriloquise the concerns of the elite"?

Politics on 7/12/11

GOP propose having students pay interest immediately on loans, Obama responds: "I’m not going to take money from old people and screw students."

The Republican effort to repeal light bulb energy efficiency standards -- which saves consumers $12 billion a year and reduces electricity usage -- has failed by a vote of 233 to 193

News Corp loses $7 billion in market cap in four days

The Bush tax cuts netted zero jobs in the 2000s. Trickle-down economics doesn't work. It's time to kill the tax cuts for the wealthy.

Keith Olbermann Details How Rupert Murdoch Blackmailed Him

Sports on 7/12/11

Joe Buck is just the worst.

Home Run Derpy

Michael Irvin talks for the first time about his gay brother and explains why he’s on a pro-gay mission from God.

Rory has the best backyard in the world!!!

Is the fastest human ever already alive?

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