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Profiles in Badass: Kid Gets a Luke Skywalker Bio-Arm

Profiles in Badass: Kid Gets a Luke Skywalker Bio-Arm

Sure I may have just written about a Cup-O-Noodles dispensing machine, but it turns out technology can actually do some pretty cool stuff besides making you noodles in under three minutes. Evan Reynolds is a 19 year old kid from England who lost his arm in some sort of accident I don't understand because I can't decipher his accent. But all is n...

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Profiles In Badass: Mickey Rourke's Acceptance Speech

Profiles In Badass: Mickey Rourke's Acceptance Speech

I’m going to assume that many of you didn’t watch Mickey Rourke's acceptance speech live. That's fine; I’m not judging, but, you definitely missed a classic. Needless to say, Mickey Rourke delivered the goods--as per usual.

 

Listen, if you haven’t seen it before, do yourself a favor and click on the link. You will not be disappointed.

 

There’s...

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Profiles in Badass: 72 Year Old Ex-Sprinter Catches Up with Mugger

Profiles in Badass: 72 Year Old Ex-Sprinter Catches Up with Mugger

Here's something you don't hear every day. A 72 year-old grandmother was robbed of her purse in England this past week, but what the thief didn't know? She used to be a championship sprinter, and that made her one grandma you didn't want to mess with: 

 

She was straight out of the starting blocks again, however, when one of them took advantage...

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Profiles In Badass: Australian Man Loses Everything In Fire, Risks Life To Save Others

Profiles In Badass: Australian Man Loses Everything In Fire, Risks Life To Save Others

In times of crisis, a man has two options: fight or flight. He can either buckle under the pressure of impending doom and flee to safety or don the proverbial superhero outfit to risk life and limb to ensure the safety of others.

 

Brad Price, a resident of Kinglake, Australia, chose the latter this week when a series of brushfires broke out in ...

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Christian Bale on the Warpath

Christian Bale on the Warpath

This is the audiotape that's been floating around the world for a little while now. It's of Christian Bale losing his shit on the set of Terminator: Salvation after the cinematographer walks through a scene and ruins it.

 

As a big Bale fan, I thought this would tarnish my view of the man, but actually it's just kind of funny. Sure it's a massiv...

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Profiles In Badass: The Cow That Survived Being Struck By Lightning

Profiles In Badass: The Cow That Survived Being Struck By Lightning

Usually, our ‘Profiles In Badass’ feature is reserved for human beings who perform exceptional feats of strength and/or exude a level of bravado that is seemingly unmatched by their peers. However, the animal kingdom is not without its own acts of badassery. And so, today we make an exception for this fine Australian cow that was reportedly stru...

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Profiles in Badass: Kelvin Taylor, the All-State 8th Grader

Profiles in Badass: Kelvin Taylor, the All-State 8th Grader

Yeah expectations are probably high when your dad is an NFL running back, but making 1st team all-state as an 8th grader? I don't think there are more than a handful kids in the country who are even capable of that. Check out the roster, it's pretty hilarious:

 

1ST TEAM
Offense
QB Nick Bracewell, Mayo Lafayette, 6-2/190, Jr.
RB Tamorris Grace, ...

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Profiles In Badass: Barack Obama, The Bulletproof Man

Profiles In Badass: Barack Obama, The Bulletproof Man

Inauguration Day may have come and gone, but media pundits—ourselves included—simply cannot shut up about it.

 

Today, the news nugget that has everyone buzzing is the not-so-shocking revelation that Barack Obama wore a bulletproof suit to all the proceedings.

 

Yes, in addition to be a harbinger of change [READ: the anti-Bush], Obama is a bulle...

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Profiles In Badass: Man Gets Stabbed, Returns To Bar To Finish Beer

Profiles In Badass: Man Gets Stabbed, Returns To Bar To Finish Beer

Think fast: You’ve been stabbed in the chest, and you’re bleeding profusely all over yourself and other bar patrons.

 

What do you do?

 

A weak-willed ninny would seek medical attention, but a true grade-A badass [READ: Chuck Norris, Steven Seagal and David Hasselhoff] would casually return to their pint and continue about their business.

 

Last...

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Profiles in Badass: Captain Sully Sullenberger

Profiles in Badass: Captain Sully Sullenberger

Chesley B. Sully Sullenberger is the hero of the year, which would be more impressive if it wasn’t January 16th, but I think he’ll retain that title for quite some time. Sully is the captain of the US Airways plane that went down in the Hudson yesterday, and he saved all 150 people on board’s lives by landing the plane on the river like it was ...

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