Biggest News Story of 2011

[Rockslinger]

As we enter the final month of 2011, what do you think is the biggest news story of the year?

1) Will and Kate got married
2) Arab Spring
3) Boston Bruins win Stanley Cup
4) The passing of Steve Jobs
5) The passing of Obsama bin Laden
6) The financial meltdown of Southern Europe
7) Stephen Harper gets his majority

 

[mickmasterson]

Either 2 or 6.

 

[bobistheowl]

The double tap that neutralized bin Laden.

 

[red]

kim khardasians divorce. jeez

 

[simon482]

according to bing.com the most searched news story of 2011 was casey anthony and her trial.

 

[trickyott]

The Tsunami and Japanese nuclear issues.

 

[Rockslinger]

kim khardasians divorce. jeez

Did someone say Lindsay Lohan's meltdown or Demi Moore's divorce? Hee, hee, hee.

 

[Loosely]

As we enter the final month of 2011, what do you think is the biggest news story of the year?

1) Will and Kate got married
2) Arab Spring
3) Boston Bruins win Stanley Cup
4) The passing of Steve Jobs
5) The passing of Obsama bin Laden
6) The financial meltdown of Southern Europe
7) Stephen Harper gets his majority

We are all appalled by your ignorance towards the huge support of 'Blackrock13' for the passing of Jack Layton. It has to be highlight thread of 2011.

 

[red]

We are all appalled by your ignorance towards the huge support of 'Blackrock13' for the passing of Jack Layton. It has to be highlight thread of 2011.

what would be the thread of the year?

 

[Don Draper]

As we enter the final month of 2011, what do you think is the biggest news story of the year?

1) Will and Kate got married
2) Arab Spring
!?!?!??!?!?!3) Boston Bruins win Stanley Cup!?!??!?!?!?!?!?WTF?!
4) The passing of Steve Jobs
5) The passing of Obsama bin Laden
6) The financial meltdown of Southern Europe
7) Stephen Harper gets his majority

A few truly global events that the world noticed, good or bad:

# January 11 – Flooding and mudslides in the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro kills 903.

# February 11 – Arab Spring: Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak resigns after widespread protests calling for his departure, leaving control of Egypt in the hands of the military until a general election can be held.

# March 11 – A 9.1-magnitude earthquake and subsequent tsunami hit the east of Japan, killing 15,822 and leaving another 3,926 missing. Tsunami warnings are issued in 50 countries and territories. Emergencies are declared at four nuclear power plants affected by the quake.

# April 29 – An estimated two billion people watch the wedding of Prince William, Duke of Cambridge and Catherine Middleton at Westminster Abbey in London.

# May 1 – U.S. President Barack Obama announces that Osama bin Laden, the founder and leader of the militant group Al-Qaeda, has been killed during an American military operation in Pakistan.

# July 7 – The world's first artificial organ transplant is achieved, using an artificial windpipe coated with stem cells.

# In Thailand, 283 people are killed by floods during a severe monsoon season, with 58 of the country's 77 provinces affected.

# Arab Spring and the Libyan civil war: Former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi is killed in Sirte, with National Transitional Council forces taking control of the city, and ending the war.

# October 23 – A destructive magnitude 7.2 Mw earthquake jolted eastern Turkey near the city of Van, killing over 582 people, and damaging about 2,200 buildings.

# October 27 – After an emergency meeting in Brussels, the European Union announced an agreement to tackle the European sovereign debt crisis which includes a writedown of 50% of Greek bonds, a recapitalisation of European banks and an increase of the bailout fund of the European Financial Stability Facility totaling to €1 trillion.

# October 31 – Date selected by the UN as the symbolic date when global population reaches seven billion. (And some guys still can't get pussy!)

 

[givemebrain]

As we enter the final month of 2011, what do you think is the biggest news story of the year?

1) Will and Kate got married
2) Arab Spring
3) Boston Bruins win Stanley Cup
4) The passing of Steve Jobs
5) The passing of Obsama bin Laden
6) The financial meltdown of Southern Europe
7) Stephen Harper gets his majority

#1 for sure! Someone who happened to be born to a guy who was in line to be a ceremonial figurehead to a former empire got married to some chick with a tight little body. How could any of those other stories beat that?

 

[Rockslinger]

what would be the thread of the year?

Did someone say a gorgeous female doctor shoving her finger up a man's bum?