Daily Link Dump - August 6, 2012

On average, roughly 11,000 people die a year in alcohol-related automobile accidents in the U.S. On average, roughly 11,000 people die a year in gun-related homicides in the U.S. No one needs 151-proof alcohol any more than anyone needs a magazine that holds 30 rounds, but I'm not seeing mainstream discussions calling for bans of the former. I'd hate to think this is because of partisan convenience but...

A man is more likely to be the victim of violent crime as a woman in the U.S. Men make up roughly 75% of murder victims in the U.S. So, I tend to find initiatives like this one to be a little more than sexist.

Now we wait for Quaid to start the reactor.

Seriously guys?

Paul Thomas Anderson is trying to get The Master screened in as many 70mm theaters as possible. Meanwhile, some folk in Santa Monica who went to a screening of The Shining got a surprise screening of Anderson's film after Kubrick's.

The flags on the moon have most likely all faded to white.

The Olympics aren't causing anything remotely resembling an economic boom in London. Surprise! Oh, wait... that's not surprising at all.

In what continues to be the dumbest battle of the Kultur War, some gay folk snapped pics of themselves kissing at various Chick-fil-As.

A look at every Olympic medalist ever in the 100-meter dash.

David Simon remembers DeAndre McCullough.

"The problem is that nobody tries harder, and less persuasively, to be everyman than Bruce Springsteen."

Here's a company hoping to cater to the oft overlooked "creepy" demographic:



And, finally, a teaser trailer for a bunch of White House approved leaks Zero Dark Thirty: