"Bale Out" is a satirical dance remix by American composer Lucian Piane, also known as RevoLucian, released on February 2, 2009, to YouTube and MySpace. The piece utilizes audio from a July 2008 rant made by actor Christian Bale on the set of Terminator Salvation. Various other elements are used in the remix, including pulsating dance track beats and clips of Barbra Streisand from a 2006 exchange with a supporter of then-President George W. Bush, creating the impression of Streisand arguing with Bale. The day after its release, the YouTube page for the song had been viewed over 200,000 times, and over a million times by February 5, 2009. The Associated Press called it a "hypnotic dance track", and United Press International noted it was "catchy", characterizing it as a "YouTube sensation". Gil Kaufman of MTV.com described the piece as "a techno-ripping, demonic dance party". TIME magazine's website called the track "hilarious", and Nine News characterized it as a "raging online success". The director of Terminator Salvation McG liked the remix and put a copy of it on his iPod, and Bale said he had heard the remix and thought "they did a good job".

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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:

1536:

An expedition to the New World led by Spanish conquistador Pedro de Mendoza founded what is now Buenos Aires, Argentina. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buenos_Aires

1848:

The Mexican–American War ended with the signing of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, which gave 1.36 million km² (525,000 square miles) of Mexican territory known as the Mexican Cession to the United States in exchange for US$15 million. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Guadalupe_Hidalgo

1922:

The novel Ulysses was first published in its entirety after this material by author James Joyce first appeared in serialized parts in the American journal The Little Review from March 1918 to December 1920, becoming one of the most important works of Modernist literature. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulysses_%28novel%29

1943:

World War II: The Soviet Red Army captured 91,000 tired and starving German soldiers, ending the Battle of Stalingrad, one of the bloodiest battles in human history. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Stalingrad

1982:

The Syrian army bombarded the town of Hama in order to quell a revolt by the Muslim Brotherhood, killing about 7,000–25,000 people. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hama_massacre

_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:

yomp (v): To make a strenuous long-distance march http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/yomp

___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:

History teaches us that men and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted all other alternatives. --Abba Eban http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Abba_Eban