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Bozo_Casanova

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  1. Yeah but @fattyflattie and @BHMCruiser think that’s ok because reasons. The NRA represents gun owners and Donald Trump takes gun rights and the 2nd Amendment very seriously.
  2. How does a bastard, orphan son of a whore and a Scotsman, dropped in the middle of a forgotten spot in the Caribbean by providence, impoverished in squalor, grow up to be a hero and a scholar?
  3. Cato and FedSoc: originalist except when textualism is more convenient except when they are making stuff up if they have to.
  4. I got you fam. And of course they have dudes in beanies with sensitive Mumford beards, too. Guitar church, amirite?
  5. I wanna know
  6. Imagine how bleak things have to be to rush the field when you beat TAMU.
  7. No that was not a thing. That sounds like people on OrangeBloods, not here.
  8. I’m torn because it’s more fun when aggy loses, but Hugh Freeze is the actual worst.
  9. He should be disqualified on the basis of parking his shitbox rental fleet Mustang on the sidewalk alone.
  10. I don't know, I need to ping him. We talked a few months ago about business, but not since then. I hope he's doing OK.
  11. I know TTom. I like TTom. TTom Terrific is a friend of mine, and Frank Drebin is no TTom Terrific.
  12. It's SO good. Nobody does the vanilla/caramel combo like OF
  13. DC Draino only pawn in game of life
  14. "We put our faith in Markwayne Mullin"
  15. Obviously not a fan of Gaetz on policy, but I liked the drug-fueled orgies.
  16. Agree with this, but my thesis is that even without the ulcer or the concussion, his age was going to stop him. You know the game slaps? I used to be deadly at slaps. My hands were never especially fast even among amateur heavyweight boxers or even my own gym, but I did train on and off for a total of about 15 years, plus I can juggle, which made my hands faster and reflexes sharper than like 95% of the population. Even in my early 40's I could bust basically anybody's ass at Slaps. I could even close my eyes after a couple of minutes and beat them because I'd have their movement pattern in my head. Last year, at 50, one of my kid's friends heard me talking about slaps and wanted to play, and this kid just beat the shit out of my hands. I saw what he was doing and I knew what he was going to do before he did, but it just didn't matter because I wasn't fast enough anymore. All those videos where Tyson can clearly sees the punch coming and doesn't even attempt to slip, or just stares as Paul presents his chin are nothing more than an old man who has run out of gas.
  17. Adding- Mike Tyson fought every other person who appeared in the ring rankings (and several who didn’t) from 1986-89 other than Tim Witherspoon, Adilson Rodrigues (lost to foreman before his shot), Dokes (lost to Holyfield and cocaine), Damiani (turned the fight down), and Gary Mason.
  18. And a good day to you too, sir: First, as I think you know (or at least you should) that the rankings of the sanctioning bodies in that era essentially managed to fit the pleasure of the top promoters of the time. This is particularly true of Mike Tyson's promoter, Don King and then WBC President Jose Sulaiman, who was memorably described as Don King's "junior partner," and King had similar influence with the WBA and IBF, known then as the "Illicit Boxing Federation," where leadership basically sold rankings to competing promoters like the Duvas and others. SO when I said that Holyfield was the #1 contender, I was referring to The Ring rankings of 1988 and 1989, where he was indeed the top-ranked fighter behind Tyson. But that brings me to my core points, he was widely understood to have ducked Evander Holyfield from 88-90, and they probably ducked Witherspoon as well. to wit: 1) First, Witherspoon was plenty salty at 30. 2) Except styles make fights and Tyson struggled with guys like Tim Witherspoon 3) Bonecrusher Smith one of 3 very good fighters (along with Pinklon Thomas and Spoon) who matched up in interesting ways with each other, but I don't have to tell you that because styles make fights, the fact that he handled Tim Withersoon and Tyson handled him is not a reason to believe that Tyson would have handled Spoon. 4) Yes, because Don King was seriously interested in producing an on-the-level tournament to produce a true and enduring champion. Forged, as it were, of a hotter fire. First lets go back to the Ring rankings. There are two people in the top 10 the entire time from 1986-1991. One is Mike Tyson. The other is Tim Witherspoon who was also managed by Don King. That's not an accident. Witherspoon (assuming he was motivated and in shape) would have frustrated Tyson in the extreme with his defense and jab, tied him up, leaned on him, and not allowed Tyson to step under his punches. At the very least they go the distance and it would have been ugly. And that's why their mutual promoter Don King didn't make the match. And by thw way - Mike Tyson wasn't making these decision, as I'm sure you know very well, and the idea that Don King was protecting any fighter, let alone Tim Witherspoon is nonsense. Don King protected Don King. His fighters were victims, not clients.
  19. So like I was saying about the food in Miami
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