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Sunday, Jul. 31st 2011

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While shutting down schools and hospitals for lack of money, Romanian government spends hundreds of millions of euro to build a gargantuan cathedral "of national redemption"
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'The News of the World scandal exposes the intimate involvement of every institution of the capitalist state with the financial oligarchy represented by Murdoch. All the major parties, the government, Parliament, the courts, the police are implicated in criminal activity on an “industrial scale.”'
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A potential incident of domestic terrorism this week when someone firebombed a Planned Parenthood clinic in McKinney, Texas, got a yawn from most of the press
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142 people killed as Syrian tanks storm Hama
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'Eco-pirate' Paul Watson is in danger of losing his boat. Sea Shepherd flagship impounded in Scottish port after Maltese tuna fishery sues for £850,000 in damages
r/worldnews · spainguy · 445 pts
Could Iceland be a model for debt-ridden Europe? Iceland effectively said "stuff you" to the banks' creditors.
r/worldnews · spainguy · 439 pts
An Iranian man who was ordered to be blinded for carrying out an acid attack on a woman has been pardoned by his victim
r/worldnews · [deleted] · 372 pts
Re: Norway - "So Americans should just shut up and watch. It could do us some good to see how a civilised society handles such a horrifying crime."
r/news · derpiato · 308 pts

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This is how I shop for groceries

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Four years after buying this couch, I came across something glorious today.

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Van Gogh's inspiration: "Starry Night"

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Senior College Student has commentary to add

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Ecology. [PIC]

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Scumbag Akon

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College Senior Freshman catches a mistake

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Fundie Christian

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Even Good Guy Greg masturbates

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Surface tension

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Honk for Grandma!

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This year my cousin turns 25, her mom turns 50, our grandma turns 75, and our great-grandma turns 100. Epitome of a Kodak Moment? I think so.

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Stuck in a Raindrop

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I want to say i felt bad when this happened, but i really didn't like her.

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College Senior Freshman knows the answer.

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Tech Impaired Duck

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Senior College Student Danger

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Now Listen Here

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Reddit on July 31, 2011

Sunday, Jul. 31st 2011

News on 7/31/11

While shutting down schools and hospitals for lack of money, Romanian government spends hundreds of millions of euro to build a gargantuan cathedral "of national redemption"

A potential incident of domestic terrorism this week when someone firebombed a Planned Parenthood clinic in McKinney, Texas, got a yawn from most of the press

142 people killed as Syrian tanks storm Hama

'Eco-pirate' Paul Watson is in danger of losing his boat. Sea Shepherd flagship impounded in Scottish port after Maltese tuna fishery sues for £850,000 in damages

Could Iceland be a model for debt-ridden Europe? Iceland effectively said "stuff you" to the banks' creditors.

An Iranian man who was ordered to be blinded for carrying out an acid attack on a woman has been pardoned by his victim

Re: Norway - "So Americans should just shut up and watch. It could do us some good to see how a civilised society handles such a horrifying crime."

Politics on 7/31/11

"America Looks at its Neighbors" (political cartoon, 1932). Timely.

The family of a teen who died after being hit with a taser has been awarded $10 million after a North Carolina court ruled in the family’s favor.

For months, two Senators have screamed bloody murder that the government holds a secret legal interpretation of the Patriot Act so broad that it amounts to a whole different law giving the feds massive domestic surveillance powers.

A potential incident of domestic terrorism this week when someone firebombed a Planned Parenthood clinic in McKinney, Texas, got a yawn from most of the press

Deal Reached in Debt Ceiling Debate

Sports on 7/31/11

Growing up, this was the greatest thing ever.

Poor Tim Wakefield

Plaxico Burress, New York Jets agree on one-year deal, sources say - ESPN New York

Good n old FIFA 94

Flatland skimboarding

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