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Reddit on August 28, 2012

This archive preserves Reddit's front page from August 28, 2012, featuring news, politics, sports, science, pictures, and memes.

Tuesday, Aug. 28th 2012

News on 8/28/12

Poor in India Starve as Politicians Steal $14.5 Billion of Food -- "The theft blunted the country’s only weapon against widespread starvation -- a five-decade-old public distribution system that has failed to deliver record harvests to the plates of India’s hungriest."
r/worldnews · DavidCarraway · 2604 pts
New Megaupload Will Be Massive Global Network To Change The World: “We are building a massive global network,” Dotcom revealed, adding that hosters will all be able to connect to the network to add servers and bandwidth – providing they’re not in the US
r/worldnews · maxwellhill · 2589 pts
Don’t Let Them Trade Away Our Internet Freedoms: The TPP endangers the Internet and digital freedoms on par with ACTA, SOPA, and PIPA...The TPP is a major threat because it will rewrite global rules on IP enforcement and restrict the public domain.
r/worldnews · maxwellhill · 1485 pts
Report: Black CNN Camerawoman Had Nuts Thrown at Her at GOP Convention, Assailant Shouted "This Is How We Feed Animals"
r/news · diggro · 1293 pts
Desmond Tutu quits summit with Blair over invasion of Iraq. Nobel peace winner says he won't share platform with 'morally indefensible' former PM
r/worldnews · spainguy · 883 pts
WHAT? Juror in Apple-Samsung Suit May Have Owned Patent Used by Apple
r/news · oscaron · 812 pts
Aurora shooting victim's fund raises over $5,000,000, distributes $5,000 per victim.
r/news · joesphlabre · 743 pts
NSA Whistle Blower, William Binney, describes how his program designed to profile foreign terrorists has been turned on Americans.
r/news · WTF_RANDY · 546 pts

Politics on 8/28/12

Sports on 8/28/12

Pictures and Memes

People driving into a canal thinking it was a street from the floods in Florida.

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People driving into a canal thinking it was a street from the floods in Florida.

r/pics · 4k pts

Found these after a wrong turn 40 miles from my home.

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Found these after a wrong turn 40 miles from my home.

r/pics · 3k pts

Found a strawBEARy!

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Found a strawBEARy!

r/pics · 2k pts

Cat after being saved from a burning building.

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Cat after being saved from a burning building.

r/pics · 2k pts

How I feel in New Orleans right now.

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How I feel in New Orleans right now.

r/AdviceAnimals · 2k pts

Good Guy Terry Crews

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Good Guy Terry Crews

r/AdviceAnimals · 2k pts

My wife told me this last night. . .

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My wife told me this last night. . .

r/AdviceAnimals · 2k pts

Good Guy Terry Crews

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Good Guy Terry Crews

r/AdviceAnimals · 2k pts

Scumbag Menstruation

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Scumbag Menstruation

r/AdviceAnimals · 2k pts

Napping with her cow at the NY state fair

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Napping with her cow at the NY state fair

r/pics · 3k pts

Old tires sculptures !

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Old tires sculptures !

r/pics · 2k pts

I'm 22 and I bought this house in December for $17,500

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I'm 22 and I bought this house in December for $17,500

r/pics · 2k pts

Sliced roots

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Sliced roots

r/pics · 2k pts

My current dilemma

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My current dilemma

r/AdviceAnimals · 2k pts

I did something tonight that I thought was not possible.

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I did something tonight that I thought was not possible.

r/AdviceAnimals · 2k pts

When A New Redditor Comments – “Who Upvotes This Shit?!”

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When A New Redditor Comments – “Who Upvotes This Shit?!”

r/AdviceAnimals · 2k pts

OAG Google Earth

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OAG Google Earth

r/AdviceAnimals · 2k pts

Sheltered College Freshman

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Sheltered College Freshman

r/AdviceAnimals · 2k pts