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Lydia worked for a German conglomerate, she was pure enough for Uncle Jack's litmus test.
But she was on the payroll of a Chilean national, so it should be a wash.
Anyway, I've watched multiple MMA fights with Neo-Nazis. Shitty tattoos don't phase me.
Meet Melvin Costa (Yes that says what you think it says):
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WON Awards:
Wrestler Of The Year: Hiroshi Tanahashi
MMA Most Valuable Fighter: Georges St. Pierre
Most Outstanding Wrestler: Hiroshi Tanahashi
Best Box Office Draw: Georges St. Pierre
Feud of the Year: Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Kazuchika Okada
Tag Team of the Year: The Shield (Seth Rollins and Roman Reigns)
Most Improved: Roman Reigns
Best on Interviews: Paul Heyman
Most Charismatic: Hiroshi Tanahashi
Best Technical Wrestler: Daniel Bryan
Bruiser Brody Memorial Award (Best Brawler): Katsuyori Shibata
Best Flying Wrestler: Kota Ibushi
Most Overrated: Randy Orton
Most Underrated: Antonio Cesaro
Promotion of the Year: New Japan Pro Wrestling
Best Weekly Television Show: WWE NXT
Most Outstanding Fighter (formerly Shootfighter of the Year): Cain Velasquez
Match Of The Year: Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Kazuchika Okada 4/7
Fight of the Year: Gilbert Melendez vs. Diego Sanchez
Rookie of the Year: Yohei Komatsu
Best Non-Wrestler: Paul Heyman
Best Television Announcer: William Regal
Worst Television Announcer: Taz
Best Major Show: New Japan G-1 Day 4
Worst Major Wrestling Show: WWE Battleground
Best Wrestling Maneuver: Rainmaker - Kazuchika Okada
Most Disgusting Promotional Tactic: WWE exploiting the death of Bill Moody (Paul Bearer)
Worst Television Show: TNA iMPACT!
Worst Worked Match Of The Year: Divas Tag Match (Survivor Series)
Worst Feud of the Year: Big Show vs. The Authority
Worst Promotion Of The Year: Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
Best Booker: Jado and Gedo
Promoter of the Year: Dana White
Best Gimmick: The Wyatt Family
Worst Gimmick: Aces & Eights
Best Pro Wrestling Book: Mad Dogs, Midgets and Screw Jobs
Best Pro Wrestling DVD: Jim Crockett Promotions: The Good Old Days
surprised Velasquez was Most Outstanding Fighter.
Doesn't make sense to me either. Velasquez beat two guys he already dominated a year prior. Weidman beat arguably the best fighter in the history of the sport TWICE.
Only once during the voting timeframe.
WON Awards:
Wrestler Of The Year: Hiroshi Tanahashi
MMA Most Valuable Fighter: Georges St. Pierre
Most Outstanding Wrestler: Hiroshi Tanahashi
Best Box Office Draw: Georges St. Pierre
Feud of the Year: Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Kazuchika Okada
Tag Team of the Year: The Shield (Seth Rollins and Roman Reigns)
Most Improved: Roman Reigns
Best on Interviews: Paul Heyman
Most Charismatic: Hiroshi Tanahashi
Best Technical Wrestler: Daniel Bryan
Bruiser Brody Memorial Award (Best Brawler): Katsuyori Shibata
Best Flying Wrestler: Kota Ibushi
Most Overrated: Randy Orton
Most Underrated: Antonio Cesaro
Promotion of the Year: New Japan Pro Wrestling
Best Weekly Television Show: WWE NXT
Most Outstanding Fighter (formerly Shootfighter of the Year): Cain Velasquez
Match Of The Year: Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Kazuchika Okada 4/7
Fight of the Year: Gilbert Melendez vs. Diego Sanchez
Rookie of the Year: Yohei Komatsu
Best Non-Wrestler: Paul Heyman
Best Television Announcer: William Regal
Worst Television Announcer: Taz
Best Major Show: New Japan G-1 Day 4
Worst Major Wrestling Show: WWE Battleground
Best Wrestling Maneuver: Rainmaker - Kazuchika Okada
Most Disgusting Promotional Tactic: WWE exploiting the death of Bill Moody (Paul Bearer)
Worst Television Show: TNA iMPACT!
Worst Worked Match Of The Year: Divas Tag Match (Survivor Series)
Worst Feud of the Year: Big Show vs. The Authority
Worst Promotion Of The Year: Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
Best Booker: Jado and Gedo
Promoter of the Year: Dana White
Best Gimmick: The Wyatt Family
Worst Gimmick: Aces & Eights
Best Pro Wrestling Book: Mad Dogs, Midgets and Screw Jobs
Best Pro Wrestling DVD: Jim Crockett Promotions: The Good Old Days
surprised Velasquez was Most Outstanding Fighter.
Doesn't make sense to me either. Velasquez beat two guys he already dominated a year prior. Weidman beat arguably the best fighter in the history of the sport TWICE.
Only once during the voting timeframe.
That's a shitty timeframe then.
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Is the married woman you're talking about Lydia? Regardless, they weren't a central focus of the show, they were tertiary characters at best. There was no time to do a whole exposition on their views regarding race relations. The swastika tattoos on their necks were the proverbial mental shortcuts to generate the dispise of the audience. No need to waste valuable screen time diplicting curb stops, those expectations are imbedded within the swastika imagery.
Yes, I am talking about Mrs. Lydia Rodarte-Quayle.
Anyway, that adds to my point. With all the portrayals of your average hate group in film or TV, the Breaking Bad Nazis were virtually a glee club. I am not saying they should've taken a shank to someone of a different race (I think the crew did put a hole or two in a Mexican fellow that was on the list but that was in between killing a bunch of white people), but they could have did something more to differentiate themselves from the other baddies in that respect. The reborn Ku Klux Klan on Boardwalk Empire in seasons 1 and 2 is a wonderful example of a group of supporting characters who absolutely NO ONE could root for.
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By "fans" you mean some were all "Hey Uncle Jack let Walt keep 9 million, he ain't all evil!" in a fairly facetious tone. Uncle Jack wasn't an antihero, he was a bad guy wronging a lesser bad guy (Walt) to build up some form of sympathy for said lesser bad guy.
No, I mean race never factored into what they did on the show. Shit, they were working for a woman who was vaguely Hispanic or married someone who was Hispanic (hyphen names confuse me). They were pretty equal opportunity in fucking people up. The writers could have went in SEVERAL different directions with them and ratcheted the hate up. It's not like it was unexplored territory for the show. You had the underlying hatred between Spanish speaking groups with how Don Eladio treated Fring and Max in their meeting.
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I don't think a most valuable fighter is someone who gives up a championship after a fight he didnt do well in
I don't know the exact criteria, but I think most valuable fighter is basically the biggest draw. The only two options are GSP and Anderson Silva. Hell, the only two options since Brock went down with diverticulitis were those two. And now, Ronda is going to probably win that award based on what Dave said on the show. I have no problem with that at all if that's the criteria, but Cain winning Most Outstanding is a little out there unless you believe Weidman won two flukes. Even as the most ardent Anderson Silva fan, I have to say those wins were pretty decisive.
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Anyone rooting for Nazis, regardless of their skin color, would be weird...
The fictional ones of the show had their fans. People love antiheroes and dudes with cool mustaches. It helps that they did not do anything overtly racist on the show.
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CHRIS WEIDMAN
Wins: KO2 ANDERSON SILVA (July 6, 2013), TKO2 ANDERSON SILVA (December 28, 2013)
Chris Weidman spent the better part of a year between fights before getting a crack at his division's crown jewel. A torn labrum put the Long Island native out of commission and his title hopes on the shelf. In addition, Hurricane Sandy ravaged his home and left the undefeated fighter in a rough financial position. Weidman faced some condemnation in his run up to UFC 162. His record did not feature a murderer's row of other contenders or familiar faces of the past like Yushin Okami, Nate Marquardt, or Dan Henderson. Perhaps the most impressive win in retrospect besides current welterweight Demian Maia would have been now TUF alum Uriah Hall.
Nevertheless, Weidman charged into his UFC 162 performance as if he was the long awaited number one contender all along. Weidman's confidence and poise in his shocking second round knockout over Anderson Silva showed he was the rightful heir to the middleweight throne. It was much more than a return to normalcy. The antics and overall experience of the longtime champion were not enough to guide him to another stellar title defense. Weidman fought a brilliant tactical fight with few errors and took advantage of Silva's most critical mistake.
Weidman continued to show growth in his maturation as an elite fighter in the return match with "The Spider" at UFC 168. Matching wits with Anderson had not yielded great results for other fighters, but Weidman's fight IQ allowed him to win both fights. Silva had prepared mostly in LA while Weidman prepped with his training partners in Long Island and New Jersey for any possible adjustments. One adjustment Weidman did make that paid dividends was checking leg kicks. Silva's leg kicks had proven to be a big transition for his other attacks, and Weidman successfully countered to take another victory over the man who once sat atop of the pound-for-pound list.
CAIN VELASQUEZ
Wins: DEC5 Junior Dos Santos (December 30, 2012), TKO1 Antonio Silva (May 25, 2013), TKO5 Junior Dos Santos (October 19, 2013)
The UFC heavyweight division has been an odd duck for a number of years. A more specific timeframe would be since spring of 2007. With the purchase of PRIDE in 2007 and a number of their fighters heading to greener pastures, the UFC seemed to be in full control of their manifest destiny. MMA fans began fantasy booking the UFC's remaining slate for the next several months as well as proposed PRIDE tournaments. Much to the chagrin of the fanbase of the two MMA promotional titans, talent began to scatter in several directions. K-1 Hero's/FEG pulled up and passed Dream Stage Entertainment in the race for Japan while later doomed companies like Strikeforce, Affliction, and EliteXC ate up contract-after-contract. Free agency had never been so sweet for the sport.
Fast forwarding to the spring of 2012, free agency had become a much different term in the sport. Fedor Emelianenko, the most glaring omission from the UFC's buyout years earlier, was on the eve of retirement. In the time since, Zuffa had failed to nab the services of the stoic gentleman from Stary Oskol. Fedor had taken his losses and was no longer an invincible force. His retirement was escalated by the fact M-1 no longer had a different and diverse platform for the former PRIDE heavyweight champion. Fedor had went from performing on shows with Takada hitting percussion in diapers to events with Megadeth three song medleys serving as intermissions. Fedor had been adapt at being the lone star in the small ponds, but was not as big a factor in the expanision of the sport across the globe since April 2007.
The UFC had been making moves though. UFC 70, the show where the entire heavweight landscape changed with a kick to the head, was the first UFC show overseas in a good bit. Five years later, the UFC was in the midst of their expansion to increase their Latino and Brazilian fanbase. An average UFC PPV show now in Las Vegas has a bigger Brazilian atmosphere than a Gracie vs. Luta Livre show in 1992. Part of the expansion can be attributed to their two heavyweight stalwarts, Cain Velasquez and Junior Dos Santos.
After quickly toppling Velasquez in November 2011 on the first ever UFC on Fox show, Dos Santos fell prey to a much healthier fighter in their UFC 155 rematch. Velasquez beat the Brazilian from pillar to post without much resistance. Much like the first matchup, both fighters were not up to snuff when they stepped into the cage. Dos Santos was dealing with health issues and a rocky marital split. At UFC 160, the two heavyweight behemoths grabbed two decisive wins to put them both on the collision course again. Not to the surprise of anyone, a trilogy was in order to decide the true successor to the Fedor era.
The American Kickboxing Academy product wasted no time in putting a stamp on the action by beginning the rubber match much like the second bout. Dos Santos, now with longtime coach Yuri Carlton finally in his corner on fight night, spent much of his time on the defensive. What was so impressive about Velasquez's performances in fights two and three was Dos Santos had never been a shrinking violet in his career, but Velasquez made the much more offensive minded fighter into a passive and timid participant. While "Cigano" surely got his licks in and busted Velasquez up at points, the third bout was never really up in the air outside of a puncher's chance. Velasquez secured the win and his spot in the pantheon of elite fighters.
OTHER NOMINEES:
H/T Patrick L. Stumburg (http://www.mmamania.com/2014/1/1/5240400/ufc-mma-top-5-fighters-2013-pettis-barao-lawler-belfort-johnson)
ANTHONY PETTIS
Wins: TKO1 DONALD CERRONE (January 26, 2013), SUB1 BENSON HENDERSON (August 31, 2013)
It was a long time coming, but Anthony Pettis finally got a chance to take a run at the UFC Lightweight title this year.
And what a run it was.
He started the year by utterly thrashing fellow World Extreme Cagefighting (WEC) veteran Donald Cerrone, handing him the first knockout loss of his career courtesy of a rib-crushing liver kick. It took him all of three minutes.
When September rolled around, "Showtime" faced longtime rival Ben Henderson for the 155-pound strap. After controlling the majority of the first round on the feet, landing a series of vicious body kicks before an errant head kick resulted in "Bendo" taking him down.
That's when Pettis did the unthinkable, locking up a tight armbar from his guard and forcing the rubber-limbed champion to submit.
Injury may keep Pettis off the shelf until midway through 2014, but I, for one, will be awaiting his first defense with bated breath.
DEMETRIOUS JOHNSON
Wins: DEC5 JOHN DODSON (January 26, 2013), SUB5 JOHN MORAGA (July 27, 2013), KO1 JOSEPH BENAVIDEZ (December 14, 2013)
Demetrious Johnson earned the Flyweight belt in 2012. In 2013, he proved that he was a true champion.
His first defense pitted him against The Ultimate Fighter (TUF) 14 winner and athletic freak John Dodson, owner of perhaps the biggest punch at 125 pounds. Though he ate some big shots early, Johnson demonstrated his determination and ability to adapt, brutalizing Dodson from the clinch in the later rounds to wear down "The Magician" to earn a close unanimous decision for "Fight of the Night."
He had no such trouble against John Moraga, handily outgrappling the wrestling standout before locking up a bonus-earning armbar.
He capped the year off in tremendous fashion with a one-punch knockout of Joseph Benavidez, the first stoppage loss of the Alpha Male vet's career and Johnson's first knockout since 2010. This also completed his bonus collection, earning Knockout of the Night.
Three title defenses, two finishes and all three fight night bonuses. Rock on, "Mighty Mouse."
RENAN BARAO
Wins: SUB4 MICHAEL MCDONALD (February 16, 2013), TKO2 EDDIE WINELAND (September 21, 2013)
Barao just keeps finding new ways to impress.
After his dull defense against Urijah Faber in 2012, Barao spent 2013 earning back the fans' good graces, starting with his submission of young gun Michael McDonald in February. After surviving the young puncher's power, Barao began finding more and more success with his kicks and takedowns, eventually locking up an arm-triangle in the fourth frame.
His September bout with Eddie Wineland was even more impressive, as Barao uncorked a vicious spinning back kick to the face early in the second round to earn his first UFC knockout.
He faces Dominick Cruz in February at UFC 169 in a clash to determine the best Bantamweight in the modern era. That ought to be something special.
ROBBIE LAWLER
Wins: TKO1 JOSH KOSCHECK (February 23, 2013), KO2 BOBBY VOELKER (July 27, 2013), DEC3 RORY MACDONALD (November 16, 2013)
Robbie went 1-3 from 2010 to 2011. He's fighting for a UFC Welterweight title early next year.
Undoubtedly the "Comeback Fighter of the Year," Lawler returned to 170 pounds for the first time in almost a decade in February, starching Josh Koscheck in one of the year's biggest upsets.
He was next scheduled to face final Strikeforce 170-pound champ Tarec Saffiedine in July, only for "The Sponge" to pull out. When replacement Siyar Bahadurzada pulled out as well, Lawler settled for wrecking fellow import Bobby Voelker, sleeping him in two with a head kick.
His most impressive performance yet, though, came at UFC 167, where he out-dueled hot prospect Rory MacDonald. Lawler showed significantly-improved takedown defense and ability to scramble to his feet, which allowed him to bring his heavy leather to bear and drop Macdonald in the third round.
After taking a well-earned split decision, Lawler is set to take on Johny Hendricks for the recently-vacated UFC welterweight title, more than one decade since he first debuted in the world's largest fight organization.
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I didn't root for the Nazis per se (because I'm black and that would be weird), but Todd helping a blindfolded Lydia out of Declan's makeshift meth lab was just precious.
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WON Awards:
Wrestler Of The Year: Hiroshi Tanahashi
MMA Most Valuable Fighter: Georges St. Pierre
Most Outstanding Wrestler: Hiroshi Tanahashi
Best Box Office Draw: Georges St. Pierre
Feud of the Year: Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Kazuchika Okada
Tag Team of the Year: The Shield (Seth Rollins and Roman Reigns)
Most Improved: Roman Reigns
Best on Interviews: Paul Heyman
Most Charismatic: Hiroshi Tanahashi
Best Technical Wrestler: Daniel Bryan
Bruiser Brody Memorial Award (Best Brawler): Katsuyori Shibata
Best Flying Wrestler: Kota Ibushi
Most Overrated: Randy Orton
Most Underrated: Antonio Cesaro
Promotion of the Year: New Japan Pro Wrestling
Best Weekly Television Show: WWE NXT
Most Outstanding Fighter (formerly Shootfighter of the Year): Cain Velasquez
Match Of The Year: Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Kazuchika Okada 4/7
Fight of the Year: Gilbert Melendez vs. Diego Sanchez
Rookie of the Year: Yohei Komatsu
Best Non-Wrestler: Paul Heyman
Best Television Announcer: William Regal
Worst Television Announcer: Taz
Best Major Show: New Japan G-1 Day 4
Worst Major Wrestling Show: WWE Battleground
Best Wrestling Maneuver: Rainmaker - Kazuchika Okada
Most Disgusting Promotional Tactic: WWE exploiting the death of Bill Moody (Paul Bearer)
Worst Television Show: TNA iMPACT!
Worst Worked Match Of The Year: Divas Tag Match (Survivor Series)
Worst Feud of the Year: Big Show vs. The Authority
Worst Promotion Of The Year: Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
Best Booker: Jado and Gedo
Promoter of the Year: Dana White
Best Gimmick: The Wyatt Family
Worst Gimmick: Aces & Eights
Best Pro Wrestling Book: Mad Dogs, Midgets and Screw Jobs
Best Pro Wrestling DVD: Jim Crockett Promotions: The Good Old Days
surprised Velasquez was Most Outstanding Fighter.
Doesn't make sense to me either. Velasquez beat two guys he already dominated a year prior. Weidman beat arguably the best fighter in the history of the sport TWICE.
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Boxing: Dead Since 1921
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Personally, I wouldn't care if they had a price tag hanging off the side. They served their purpose.
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UFC on Fox 10: Henderson vs. Thomson
January 25, 2014
Chicago, IL (United Center)
Benson Henderson (156) vs. Josh Thomson (155) - Henderson, DEC (split)
Stipe Miocic (245) vs. Gabriel Gonzaga (258) - Miocic, DEC (unanimous)
Donald Cerrone (155) vs. Adriano Martins (155) - Cerrone, KO (head kick), R1 (4:40)
Darren Elkins (145) vs. Jeremy Stephens (146) - Stephens, DEC (unanimous)
Fox Sports 1 Preliminary Card:
Alex Caceres (135) vs. Sergio Pettis (135) - Caceres, SUB (rear naked choke), R3 (4:39)
Eddie Wineland (135) vs. Yves Jabouin (135) - Wineland, TKO (punches), R2 (4:16)
Chico Camus (135) vs. Yaotzin Meza (135) - Camus, DEC (unanimous)
Junior Hernandez (136) vs. Hugo Viana (136) - Viana, DEC (unanimous)
Daron Cruickshank (155) vs. Mike Rio (155) - Cruickshank, TKO (strikes), R2 (4:56)
George Sullivan (170) vs. Mike Rhodes (171) - Sullivan, DEC (unanimous)
Fight Pass Preliminary Card:
Walt Harris (241) vs. Nikita Krylov (218) - Krylov, TKO (head kick and punches), (0:25)
Event Bonuses ($50,000) :
Knockout of the Night: Donald Cerrone
Submission of the Night: Alex Caceres
Fight of the Night: Alex Caceres vs. Sergio Pettis
Attendance: 10,895
Gate: $863,655
Rating: 1.9 (3.2 million viewers)
Cancelled Bouts:
Jared Rosholt vs. Oleksiy Oliynyk - Injury to Oliynyk
Pascal Krauss vs. Adam Khaliev - Bout Nixed
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CHRIS WEIDMAN KNOCKOUT OVER ANDERSON SILVA is your 2013 Them's Fightin' Words Knockout of the Year
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ANTHONY PETTIS' ARMBAR SUBMISSION OVER BEN HENDERSON is your 2013 Them's Fightin' Words Submission of the Year
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For clarity:
Bjorn Rebney announces Bellator 110 will take place on February 28th at Mohegan Sun. Rampage/M'Pumbu and Lawal/Zayats - LHW Tournament
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Something about the trailers and TV spots doesn't excite me at all. It just looks like a pedestrian movie, but with an all-star cast. At least with American Hustle and The Wolf of Wall Street, the impetus for the movie goer was much more obvious. With Grudge Match, you had Rocky Balboa vs. Jake LaMotta plus the hottest comedian today. The Monuments Men is a bunch old dudes and sorta old Matt Damon go look for some lost art the Nazis stole or something and Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz....
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Right now, Kiper has Ha Ha Clinton-Dix going to Dallas. I wouldn't even know what to do with myself if it happened especially after all the garbage the Cowboys have drafted for safety depth. Not a complete game changer because Dallas is leaky in other spots on D, but a good safety has been the goddamn white whale. People thought Owusu-Ansah was a nice late round pickup. He spent most of his time in Dallas on IR. They drafted Matt Johnson. His whole career has been spent on IR. Wilcox has been okay but having to split snaps with Heath has made him worse almost. Plus, Wilcox getting hurt is the reason why Heath was playing. Having Barry Church and Jeff Heath (both undrafted) start would be an eyesore for any lineup.
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One thing I don't understand. The trailer keeps showing the same line over and over. "YOU'RE WHITE YOU'RE WHITE YOU DON'T FIGHT"
What does that mean? White people don't get into fights? Since when?
This is glorious.
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Jesus, the UFC has been doing this Bisping routine (3-4 non-top 10 guys for a win, top 10 guy for a loss) for 6 years now.
They have Kennedy at 9, meaning he is #10.
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It's never enough!
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The first one ended with Saddam in power going about his usual genocide.Nope, you were proven wrong.
The second ended with America's reputation obliterated worldwide, your finances decimated and put you in a recession that you haven't recovered from. Who won?
Your mom.
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Yeah!!!!
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Nope, you were proven wrong.
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No one gives a fuck about what you think, though. We won.
Breaking Bad Final Season Continues August 11th
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Lowbrow Neo-Nazi humor really is the essence of fun.