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8/4/93: Ventura Challenges Ryan

2012-08-04T12:10:00.014-04:00

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Before the 1993 season, Ryan announced his retirement, effective at the end of that season. On August 4, just before the end, Ryan had yet another high profile moment – this time an on-the-mound fight. After Ryan hit Robin Ventura of the Chicago White Sox, Ventura charged the mound in order to fight Ryan, who was 20 years his senior. Ryan secured the 26-year-old Ventura in a headlock with his left arm, while pummeling Ventura's head with his right fist six times before catcher Iván Rodríguez was able to pull Ventura away from Ryan. Ryan stated afterwards it was the same maneuver he used on steers he had to brand on his Texas ranch. Videos of the incident were played that evening throughout the country. While Ventura was ejected, Ryan–who had barely moved from his spot on the mound in the fracas–was allowed to remain in the game. White Sox manager Gene Lamont vehemently argued this, leading to his own ejection. Ryan pitched hitless ball the rest of the way. He had determined to be more aggressive after coming out on the wrong side of an altercation with Dave Winfield in 1980." | Wikipedia

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Tame Impala - "Elephant"

2012-07-27T10:24:00.000-04:00

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Tame Impala - "Apocalypse Dreams"

2012-07-27T10:23:00.000-04:00

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This is Our Planet

2012-07-14T10:24:00.000-04:00

A Beautiful Time-Lapse Video Featuring Photos from the ISS

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Star Wars: The Clone Wars - Season 5 Trailer

2012-06-16T15:18:00.001-04:00

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Video: The Vaccines - "No Hope"

2012-06-15T10:24:00.000-04:00

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xkcd: Shoes

2012-06-07T10:24:00.000-04:00

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Prometheus (Feature Trailer)

2012-06-04T10:24:00.003-04:00

Ridley Scott, director of Alien and Blade Runner, returns to the genre he helped define. With Prometheus, he creates a groundbreaking mythology, in which a team of explorers discover a clue to the origins of mankind on Earth, leading them on a thrilling journey to the darkest corners of the universe. There, they must fight a terrifying battle to save the future of the human race.

Director: Ridley Scott
Writer: Damon Lindelof
Cast: Noomi Rapace, Michael Fassbender, Charlize Theron

Release: June 8, 2012

Link: Trailer Addict

Why Gayness Matters in a Super-hero

2012-05-31T10:24:00.000-04:00

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Happy Birthday To You!

2012-05-30T10:24:00.011-04:00

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Star Wars A-Team

2012-05-26T10:26:00.000-04:00

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Star Wars CHIPs

2012-05-26T10:25:00.000-04:00

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The Dukes of Star Wars

2012-05-26T10:24:00.000-04:00

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Video: Gotye - "Somebody That I Used To Know"

2012-05-18T10:24:00.000-04:00

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TRON: Uprising - Disney XD Official Trailer

2012-05-16T10:24:00.000-04:00

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Battleship (Feature Trailer)

2012-05-14T10:24:00.011-04:00

Release: May 18, 2012

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SNL Digital Short: Gotye Backstage

2012-05-12T10:24:00.000-04:00

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Coldplay Tribute to Adam Yauch

2012-05-05T16:01:00.001-04:00

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Cyanide & Happiness: Death

2012-05-03T10:24:00.000-04:00

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Video: The Shins - "The Rifle’s Spiral"

2012-05-01T10:24:00.000-04:00

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40 Weird Facts About The United States That Are Almost Too Crazy To Believe

2012-04-10T10:24:00.003-04:00

Source: The Economic Collapse

The following are 40 weird facts about the United States that are almost too crazy to believe....

#1 The highest point in the state of Florida is only 345 feet (115 yards) above sea level.

#2 Today, 66 percent of all Americans are considered to be overweight.

#3 The state of Alaska is 429 times larger than the state of Rhode Island is. But Rhode Island has a significantly larger population than Alaska does.

#4 The average supermarket in the United States wastes about 3,000 pounds of food each year.

#5 Approximately 48 percent of all Americans are currently either considered to be "low income" or are living in poverty.

#6 Alaska has a longer coastline than all of the other 49 U.S. states put together.

#7 In the UK, an average of about $3,500 is spent on healthcare per person each year. In the United States, an average of about $8,500 is spent on healthcare per person each year.

#8 Montana has three times as many cows as it does people.

#9 The average U.S. citizen drinks the equivalent of more than 600 sodas each year.

#10 The only place in the United States where coffee is grown commercially is in Hawaii.

#11 The United States has 845 motor vehicles for every 1,000 people. Japan only has 593 for every 1,000 people and Germany only has 540 for every 1,000 people.

#12 The grizzly bear is the official state animal of California. But no grizzly bears have been seen there since 1922.

#13 For many years it was the other way around, but today a majority of all Americans (including Pat Robertson) actually support the legalization of marijuana.

#14 Jimmy Carter was the first U.S. president to have been born in a hospital.

#15 In the middle of the last century, the United States was #1 in the world in GDP per capita. Today, the United States is #13 in GDP per capita.

#16 Today, approximately 25 million American adults are living with their parents.

#17 One survey found that 25 percent of all employees that have Internet access in the United States visit pornography websites while they are at work.

#18 In 2011, our trade deficit with China was more than 49,000 times larger than it was back in 1985.

#19 One out of every seven Americans has at least 10 credit cards.

#20 The city of Juneau, Alaska is about 3,000 square miles large. It is actually bigger than the entire state of Delaware.

#21 The United States puts a higher percentage of its population in prison than any other nation on earth does.

#22 There are more unemployed workers in the United States than there are people living in the entire nation of Greece.

#23 The original name of the city of Atlanta was "Terminus".

#24 Sadly, more than 52 percent of all children that live in Cleveland, Ohio are living in poverty.

#25 The median price of a home in the city of Detroit is now about $6000.

#26 Back in 1950, more than 80 percent of all men in the United States had jobs. Today, less than 65 percent of all men in the United States have jobs.

#27 According to author Paul Osterman, about 20 percent of all U.S. adults are currently working jobs that pay poverty-level wages.

#28 According to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, approximately 167,000 Americans have more than $200,000 of student loan debt.

#29 There are three towns in the United States that have the name "Santa Claus".

#30 There are 313 million people living in the United States. 46 million of them are on food stamps.

#31 In the United States as a whole, one out of every four children is on food stamps.

#32 In 1940, 68.0% of all women in the 20 to 34 year old age group in the United States were married. In 2010, only 39.2% of women in that age group were married.

#33 The United States has a teen pregnancy rate of 22 percent - the highest in the world. New Zealand is number two at 14 percent.

#34 According to the CDC, there are 19 million new cases of syphilis, gonorrhea and chlamydia in the United States every single year.

#35 The United States has the highest divorce rate on the globe by a wide margin. Puerto Rico is number two. Perhaps Puerto Rico really would fit in as the 51st state.

#36 More people have been diagnosed with mental disorders in the United States than in any other nation on earth.

#37 The United States has more government debt per capita than Greece, Portugal, Italy, Ireland or Spain.

#38 If Bill Gates gave every single penny of his fortune to the U.S. government, it would only cover the U.S. budget deficit for about 15 days.

#39 The U.S. national debt is now more than 22 times larger than it was when Jimmy Carter became president.

#40 It took from the founding of the nation until 1981 for the U.S. national debt to cross the one trillion dollar mark. Today, our national debt is well over 15 trillion dollars and we add more than a trillion dollars to our debt every single year.

Matt Kemp 2011 Official Highlight Tape

2012-04-05T10:24:00.001-04:00

Link: YouTube

Total Recall (2012) (Trailer Announcement )

2012-04-02T10:24:00.002-04:00

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Video: Madonna - "Give Me All Your Luvin'"

2012-03-30T10:24:00.003-04:00

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Breaking Mad

2012-03-29T10:24:00.003-04:00

By Ben Stoddard

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