Guns N' Roses 3 countries, 4 concerts plus Flat Earthers "Rant of the Month"

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Places listening - Australia, Philippines, England, Germany and Saudi Arabia are all doing great work in terms of listening

4 shows, 3 countries, 4 methods of transportation 

Took an Uber Pop in Prague - driver knew back roads was pumped GnR was in Prague- cab driver back to Praha 1 tried to swindle ya with a “I have no change”

Rode bicycles in Nijmegen - bike tailgate party 

Drove my car and then walked like 2 miles each way in Winston-Salem

Nashville- bought tix on the broadway walked right in and out from the hotel

Varying axl banter (nc show- fight to live another day vs live to fight another day, at least we didn't get blown up in nuclear war- Prague - likes the wine // Netherlands more about Angus young - this one's for us 

Nashville- only real banter was to introduce the train horn for “night train” 

Variations in the set list (both good and bad)

Winston-Salem, NC                    Nijmegen                                Prague                     Nashville

1 It’s So Easy

2 Mr. Brownstone

3 Chinese Democracy 

4 Welcome to the Jungle 

5 Double Talkin’ Jive

6 Better

7 Estranged

8 Live and Let Die

9 Rocket Queen

10 You Could be Mine

11 New Rose (Duff)                                                        11 Attitude (Duff Misfits Cover)    11 Attitude 

12 This I Love

13 Civil War                                                                                          13 Prostitute (C Democracy)

14 Yesterdays                            14 Whole Lotta Rosie (Angus Young)

15 Coma                                15 Riff Raff

16 Slash Guitar Solo

17 Godfather Theme

18 Sweet Child O’ Mine

19 My Michelle                                                         19 Used to Love Her

20 Wish you were here (Pink Floyd)               20 Used to Love Her                                         20 Wichita Lineman (Jimmy Webb)

21 November Rain

22 Black Hole Sun                        22 Out Ta Get Me

23 Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door

24 Nightrain 

25 Don’t Cry 

26 The Seeker (The Who)

27 Paradise City 

                                    28 Sorry                                                     28 Patience 

                                    29 Patience                        29 Don’t Cry                  29 Don’t Cry 

                                    32 was Paradise City                 31 was Paradise City         30 Madagascar  32 was Paradise City

 Public restrooms being unisex makes men’s room nicer and women’s room lines smaller

The Tax Bill — passes at 1:30am on a saturday — 500 page document that has people’s handwritten scribble on it — given to senator’s like 2 hours or less before the vote — we deserve better.

This isn’t even a criticism of the Republican party, not the Democrats — congress is not longer working for us — they’re working for themselves. They are no longer public servants they are making us, the public, their servants. 

We need to stand against this “cabal”, this emerging oligarchy  is unacceptable. The courts need to step in, at the behest of the people. We need term limits on all congressional positions… we need them to stop being the ones allowed to draw their own congressional districts and gerrymander our futures away. Wake up — this isn’t about party, or about tax cuts, it’s about a runaway power drunk washington ruling class— guys, it’s time to call BS 

Skyline Chili ingredients: 2 pounds of ground beef, 2 cups of chopped onions. 4 cups of beef stock, 2 cans of tomato sauce, 2-3 table spoons of chili powder, 2 table spoons of apple cider vinegar, 2 teaspoons of Worcestershire sauce, 1/2 ounce of grated unsweetened chocolate — and yeah and like a mountain of cheese

Tennessee is going to Hire Tee Martin — feels like brining in Phil Fulmer (and based on the fact that no accomplished head coach would take this job right now)… it feels like Tee Martin is the move. 

I love how people are now clamoring for an 8 team playoff in — but i’d much rather argue over #4 and #5 then #2 and #3

Also — the more spots we create, the more watered down the regular season gets. We already have way fewer undefeated teams than we used to in the BCS ear — why, cuz there is room for error… if we start letting in 8 teams — how many 3 loss and 4 loss teams are we going to have to decide between? 

Who you got in the College Football playoff first round games? Clemson vs. Alabama ? Georgia vs Oklahoma ? Who do you HOPE wins it all? 

The Ronda Rousey is Batman Theory - plus Outlandish theories on Brock Lesnar & Holly Holm

UFC on Fox 20 w Andrew Patterson - Hot Takes on Ronda Rousey, Brock Lesnar & Holly Holm

UFC on Fox 20 - Holly Holm loses to Valentina Shevchenko — a week after Amanda Nunes beat Miesha Tate. 

Nunes has already beaten Shevchenko

If you’re Ronda Rousey do you even come back? Does she (personally even need to)? The UFC certainly needs her back — but certainly Rousey vs Holm 2 — doesn’t sound very compelling right now — but if you’re Ronda do you want Holm now, or do you use this as a reason to not need to fight her again? 

Seems like this’ll go one of two ways - she comes back, wins the title and retires or she comes back gets beat and retires? That said, the third alternative is that the time off and the removal of pressure from being undefeated, may open things up for her again. In addition — she’s kept a super low profile since her loss, which means she’s either super focused on training or “main stream american advertisers” are staying away - kind of like how olympic athletes usually only get play right after the olympics. 

if she is both focused and has a chip on her shoulder for being ignored — there’s a shot she reals of three or 4 wins in a row at which point she’ll likely get her “status back”.

What;s the Hot Take on Edson Barboza (won’t fight the champ and his teammate Eddie Alvarez) and what is the take of Francis Ngannou. Felice Herrig seems like an interesting character - certainly has some mind related obstacles to overcome leading up to the fight  

Brock Lesnar tests positive for banned substance — outlandish theory. Ok Jon “Bones” Jones got busted for testing positive within a week of his match with Daniel Cormier but Lesner supposedly tested positive in Late June - but they didn’t find out results for like 3 weeks.

Let’s get into conspiracy theories — Is the “positive test a hoax” to help boost Lesnar’s profile as a real life WWE heel for Summer Slam? Even if the test results are not a hoax — here’s why it makes sense for WWE to not suspend him and to potentially play it up— 1) he’s not a full-time WWE guy either 2) Randy Orton is coming back from Legit injury. The McMahon’s love Randy Orton - but he’s never been able to get over as a “face” like The Rock or Steve Austin or John Cena

Lesnar is one of the few people who make the 6’5” Orton appear to be a physical underdog. Lesnar is a beast and now is a real life heel for testing positive. Orton defeating Lesnar would help get him over — Lesnar winning “cheaply” via interference would to the same for Orton, maybe more

Buster Douglas / Holly Holm comparison - Unfair to Buster Douglas — He was 29-4-1 when he faced Tyson — So he lost to Holyfield and then won his next 6 in a row and 8 of his last 9 fights - Never lost two fights in a row

NBA is removing the All-Star game from Charlotte, NC in 2017 - good. If you want to be big time, you need to present grown-up policies to reflect life in 2016 — NC State legislature decided to act in a backward and provincial manner. They deserve this embarrassment they’ve created and the negative economic impact they’ll create with the game not being in Charlotte. 2 time NBA MVP was coming back to his hometown — and you botched it Charlotte's "Prime Time moment" over a restroom law, which is rooted in fear mongering and bigotry.