Tendown, May 15, 2016

Tendown 225 is here.  This is 226.


Trump supporters....

1. He's back.

2. Abandoning Liberal Defensiveness

3. What's an allegory?

4. 

5.

6. Obama Goes to Hiroshima.

7. 

8. Vote For Bernie Sanders.

9. The Middle Class

10. The White Working Class

“access to positions of power by members of the subordinate classes does not change the fact of domination: it only changes its personnel.”

And one more...

That's all for this time.  I'll be back next time...if there is a next time...

Your pal,

Jim

Calling the Shot Again, The Warriors Are Going Back to Back

Here were my playoff predictions.

I've been talking about something for two seasons now; in NBA history, an SRS (basketball-reference) of 10+ only means two things, an NBA Title or losing to another 10+ team that wins the NBA Title.

1971 Bucks 11.92 - NBA Champs
1972 Lakers 11.65 - NBA Champs
1972 Bucks 10.70 - Lost to Lakers in Western Finals
1992 Bulls 10.07 - NBA Champs
1996 Bulls 11.60 - NBA Champs
1997 Bulls 10.70 - NBA Champs
2015 Warriors 10.01 -NBA Champs

That was true until last night.  Because in 2016 we had two teams hit 10.

2016 Warriors 10.38

2016 Spurs 10.28

OKC killed the Spurs, making that team the best to not make the conference finals.

Prior to the playoffs I noted that OKC, although a very good team, would have to do something no team had ever done and do it twice in order just to make the finals.

They've done half of that, they've beaten the Spurs, they're the first sub 10 SRS in NBA history to take out a 10 SRS in the playoffs.  But to make the finals they have to do it again.

That's not the side I'm betting.  

Warriors go back to back. 

Tendown, May 8, 2016

224 is here. This is Tendown 225.



1. Can You Believe This is Happening at Koch High School?

2. Every Week.

3. I'm almost certainly going to vote for her - but what if Clinton picks a running mate to her right, like Gore did?  Anyway, here she is.

4.

Hillary: "We need more welfare reform" pic.twitter.com/Mc1YouqmAj

— Lee Fang (@lhfang) April 28, 2016

5.

Video of Hillary in 2002 attacking the Bush admin for not providing enough money for police pic.twitter.com/iSCa1ZEPlP

— Lee Fang (@lhfang) April 28, 2016

6. This Week in Theocracy.

7. 

8. Jeb Lund is the Guy to Read Now.

9. The Lesser Evil.

10.Clinton, of course, goes right.

And one more...

Seriously, drop everything you're doing and watch this Vine of Ted Cruz accidentally punching his wife in the face https://t.co/OSlQrMDgaT

— Tom McKay (@thetomzone) May 4, 2016

That's all for this time.  I'll be back next time.  If there is a next time.

Your pal,

Jim

The 100 Best Wrestlers Ever.

So, I once did this list, the idea there being to give some type of all around ranking (with in ring work being the most important component, because it is).  This is just a workrate list, bell to bell, meaning if I've only seen one match, you're not on the list.  I'll list no more than 2 promotions for each wrestler.

Here we go.

100. Sabu ECW
99. Nigel McGuinness ROH/TNA
98. Masato Yoshino Dragon Gate
97. Fit Finlay WCW/WWF
96. Atlantis CMLL
95. Brian Pillman WCW/WWF
94. Riki Choshu NJPW
93. Hiroshi Hase NJPW/AJPW
92. Tatsuhito Takaiwa NJPW/Zero1
91.  Takeshi Morishima NOAH

90. Kevin Steen ROH/WWE
89. Alex Shelley NJPW/TNA
88. Christopher Daniels TNA/ROH
87. Taka Michinoku WWF/Mich Pro
86. Kaz Hayashi AJPWMich Pro
85.  El Hijo del Santo AAA/CMLL
84. Giant Baba AJPW   
83.   Harley Race NWA
82.  Austin Aries ROH/TNA
81. Daisuke Sekimoto Big Japan/Zero1

80. Nick Bockwinkel AWA
79. Satoshi Kojima NJPW/AJPW
78. Gran Hamada UWF/Mich Pro
77. Yoshiaki Fujiwara NJPW/UWF
76. Jack Brisco NWA
75. Kensuke Sasaki NJPW
74. Masaaki Mochizuki Dragon Gate
73. Akira Taue AJPW/NOAH
72. Steve Williams AJPW
71. La Parka AAA/CMLL

70. Ricky Morton NWA
69. Seth Rollins ROH/WWF
68. 2 Cold Scorpio ECW/WWF
67. Yoshihiro Tajiri ECW/WWF
66. Yoshinobu Kanemaru NOAH
65. Kotaro Suzuki NOAH
64. Curt Hennig AWA/WWF
63. Arn Anderson WCW/WWF
62. Owen Hart WWF
61. Minoru Tanaka NJPW

60. Dick Togo Mich Pro
59. CIMA Dragon Gate
58. Kazuchika Okada NJPW
57. Negro Casas CMLL
56. Tatsujmi Fujinami NJPW/Dradition
55. Billy Robinson AWA/UWF
54. Minoru Suzuki NJPW/AJPW

53. Kohei Suwama AJPW
52. Terry Gordy WCCW/AJPW
51. Great Muta NJPW/WCW

50. CM Punk WWF/ROH
49. Genichiro Tenryu AJPW
48. Yoshihiro Takayama NOAH
47. Masato Tanaka FMW/ECW
46. Shinya Hashimoto NJPW
45. Ultimo Dragon WCW/Toryumon
44. Tiger Mask NJPW
43.  Dean Malenko WCW/WWF
42. Tomohiro Ishii NJPW
41. Brock Lesnar WWF

40. Cesaro WWF/ROH
39. Chris Hero PWG/ROH
38. Shingo Takagai Dragon Gate
37. Mick Foley WWF/WCW
36.  Sami Zayn ROH/WWF
35. Kota Ibushi NJPW
34. Koji Kanemoto NJPW
33. Shinjiro Otani NJPW/Zero1
32. Yuji Nagata NJPW
31. Takashi Sugiura NOAH

30. Steve Austin WWF/WCW
29. Randy Savage WWF/WCW

28.  Steve Regal WCW/WWF
27. Dynamite Kid AJPW/WWF
26. Chris Jericho WWF/WCW
25.  Low Ki ROH/TNA
24.  Naomichi Marufuji NOAH
23.  Samoa Joe ROH/TNA
22. Stan Hansen AJPW
21. Terry Funk NWA/ECW

20. Vader WCW/WWF

19. AJ Styles TNA/NJPW
18. Ricky Steamboat WWF/NWA
17. Hiroshi Tanahashi NJPW
16. Shinsuke Nakamura NJPW
15. Kenta NOAH
14. Jun Akiyama AJPW/NOAH
13. Jumbo Tsuruta AJPW
12. Eddy Guerrero WCW/WWF
11. Shawn Michaels WWF

10. Kurt Angle WWF/TNA
9. Rey Mysterio WWF/WCW
8. Jushin Thunder Liger NJPW
7. Bret Hart WWF
6. Ric Flair WCW/WWF
5. Toshiaki Kawada AJPW
4. Bryan Danielson ROH/WWF
3. Chris Benoit WCW/WWF
2. Kenta Kobashi AJPW/NOAH
1. Mitsaharu Misawa AJPW/NOAH

Tendown, May 1 , 2016

Tendown 223 is here. This is 224.

1. It's a product of age, of course, as the people who impacted me in formative years are now more likely to die, but other than Bill Walsh and a few professional wrestlers I don't know if any celebrity deaths have impacted me more than Shandling and Prince.

A eulogy.

2. Every Week (That Prince Doesn't Die) Until he Stops, Vote for Bernie Sanders.

3. And here's one of the reasons why you should do that.

about to spend 6 months listening to a rich white couple at the next table argue bitterly about how 2 treat the maid pic.twitter.com/RFtAjoPWiO

— Saladin Ahmed (@saladinahmed) April 27, 2016

4. Don't get raped at BYU.

5. How's that 15 Dollar Minimum Wage Working Out?

6. Moneyball works.

7.

you can see the exact point where that woman reconsiders her vote after he says "basketball ring"https://t.co/bLb5JNHNeh

— Hanif Abdurraqib (@NifMuhammad) April 27, 2016

8. May Day.

9.Boehner goes in on Cruz.

“Lucifer in the flesh,” the former speaker said. “I have Democrat friends and Republican friends. I get along with almost everyone, but I have never worked with a more miserable son of a bitch in my life.”

10. Liberals.

And one more...







That's all for this time.  I'll be back next time. If there is a next time.

Your pal,

Jim