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Impeachment In The Time Of Mitch McConnell

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Impeachment In The Time Of Mitch McConnell

Let’s take a look at the political climate today. 

A new Fox News poll released yesterday had 51 percent of registered voters saying that President Donald Trump should be both impeached and removed from office. A Politico article suggests that, as of the beginning of last month, Democrats had the votes to begin an impeachment inquiry. The president’s lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, is appearing on Laura Ingraham’s show almost every night, presumably because he is trying to make sure he seems like the most unhinged person on Fox News every day of the goddamned week. And, as I’m writing this, two associates of Giuliani have just been arrested on campaign finance charges.

It has not been a good few weeks for the Trump White House. Though, to be fair, it’s unsure if they’ve ever been able to string a few good weeks together.

However, if you are a fan of this President and his administration, fear not. Things may look bleak and things may look rough, but Donald Trump isn’t going anywhere. He’s going to stay right where he is until the next election, of which his odds of winning are, AT WORST, 50-50.

And, if President Trump can somehow get re-elected next year, he will have one man to thank: Mitch McConnell.

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Nothing Lasts Forever (not even my knowledge of Die Hard)

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Nothing Lasts Forever (not even my knowledge of Die Hard)

We all need surprising moments in our life. Little things that happen that take us by surprise and make us look at ourselves, and the world, from a different angle. Sometimes those are big events, and sometimes they’re little things. But they’re always powerful and need to be respected and observed.

For me, one of those moments was when I realized that “Die Hard” was based on a book.

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Music/Movies

The Menzingers’ “Hello Exile”: An Ode to a Sad Boy Weekend

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The Menzingers’ “Hello Exile”: An Ode to a Sad Boy Weekend

The first week of October is a very special time of year for guys like me. Our flannel button-ups shed their dust and see the light of day once more, kegs of the dark beers we yearned for through the hard seltzer summer are finally being tapped, and we all get real fucking stoked to bust out our crockpot soup recipes. Most significantly, though, the ol’ seasonal depression rears its ugly head: that’s right, baby, it’s sad boy season!

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Sports

FBC NFL Power Rankings Week 6

by Brandon AndreasenLeave a Comment on FBC NFL Power Rankings Week 6

Fantasy Armageddon!!! Week five was very much either fantasy nirvana, or the fantasy football hellscape, depending on who you had going into the week. Deshaun Watson, Christain McCaffrey, Will Fuller, Michael Thomas, DJ Chark, Tyler Boyd, Amari Cooper, and Adam Jones went out of their damn minds on Sunday. If you had these guys(I did in several leagues) you enjoyed the absolute thrill of victory. If you didn’t, at least you have this, the week six power rankings!

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Sports

Fancy Boys Football Week 5 Mailbag

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Fancy Boys Football Week 5 Mailbag

Fancy Boys founder Matt Drufke doesn’t know anything about football. Lucky for him, Brandon Andreasen and Jack Baker do.

Each week, Matt emails Brandon and Jack NFL questions, they then immediately go and make fun of his lack of knowledge in a secret group chat. They then go and answer the questions. Here are those answers.

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The California Baseball Bucket List Tour

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I’ve never really thought much about a bucket list. Perhaps I should. Sure, when I was invincible in my 20s and life was forever, it was easier to put it off until later. Now, however, I am in my 30s and life is almost over, so it’s time to start spending my time more effectively. There’s still no solid bucket list item, except for one: I want to see a baseball game in all thirty Major League ballparks within my adult life.

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My 50 Greatest Wrestlers of All Time

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This is the most difficult thing i’ve ever done in my life. And yes, i’m counting the decision to buy a house, to propose to my wife, leave jobs, and everything else. You see, those were just moments, but wrestling…wrestling is forever.

A while back, I came up with the idea to roll out my 50 greatest wrestlers of all time. I wanted to launch it on this week, with AEW debuting and NXT setting up in direct competition with them on a competing network, along with the move of Smackdown to Fox.

And then I started doing it…and I came to a screeching halt. You see, I had to try to make a decision. Was I going to write about what might be considered the 50 greatest wrestlers of all time? Or was I going to write about my own opinion, my 50 greatest wrestlers of all time? The guys I thought deserve recognition as the greatest competitors to do this stupid little thing that I love so dearly.

Slowly, I was able to build a list. It wasn’t easy, and I guarantee it’s going to piss a lot of people off. I didn’t just go full smark and list a bunch of indy guys. I took into account wrestlers impact on wrestling and pop culture. I took into account their ability to cut promos, and perform on the biggest stages. I crossed over multiple wrestling generations to build the list I thought was the best. I didn’t include some guys because I just didn’t think they were as good as others(Ultimate Warrior) and I didn’t include some guys because they murdered their family (Chris Benoit). That’s the nice thing about it being my list. I created all the rules for it.

I also found that there were so many people I wanted on this list that just didn’t have a place. Arn Anderson is one of the best tag team wrestlers of all time and was a founding member of the Four Horseman, but I couldn’t find room for him. Diamond Dallas Page and Booker T were two of the only guys who kept WCW afloat as long as it did. They were great. But there just wasn’t enough room.

And with apologies to Big Bossman, Matt Bourne, William Regal, Bobby Eaton, Tetsuya Naito, Ultimo Dragon, Chyna, PCO, Dynamite Kid, Jeff Jarrett, and Stan Hansen, here are my 50 Greatest Wrestlers of all time….

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Joker Is Insanely Good!

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Todd Phillips’ Joker launches the DC BLACK side of the DCU

Growing up reading Batman comics as a kid in the 1980’s, I witnessed the evolution of this iconic villain from the earliest versions inspired by “The Man Who Laughs” to Ceasar Romaro’s slapstick antics as the “Clown Prince of Crime,” to the more twisted and deranged murderous psychopath that is the Joker of modern day. Todd Phillips gives fans of the character everything they could’ve asked for in an origin story for The Joker.

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