More interesting than the badly biased debate over who’s the GOAT … is the question of who’s the most influential NBA player of all-time. Who had the biggest impact on the game? Who changed its course the most? I asked myself that question and came up with a list of 13 players who were so good, so innovative, that they fundamentally changed the game. Here’s my list, from No. 13 to No. 1.
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Trash talk is verbal abuse, nothing more. It’s aptly named, because it’s really just garbage, and we’d all be better off just leaving it curbside for the trash collector to pick up and bury it where it belongs: In a landfill. It’s toxic waste.
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Tokyo Motor Fist’s sound is about as close to Hysteria-era DL as you can get. The vocal mix is uncannily similar. But TMF is not a ripoff. Anything but. The tunes are 100 percent original, and they’re better in their own right than almost anything from the heyday of melodic metal back in the ’80s.
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How Dorsey and Zuckerberg can sleep each night knowing that they’re giving the most powerful man in the world a platform to push false accusations against innocent citizens is a question you’ll have to ask them.
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Trump’s no populist. He’s a con man playing a shell game, and winning by wrapping himself in the flag. In fact, his very success shows how difficult it is for a populist to carry the day in the United States. Real populists speak truth to power. He speaks falsehood to retain it.
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Where Risen succeeds is in returning to — and improving upon — Angel’s melodic ’70s material and giving it a welcome harder edge. The band manages to remain true to itself while, at the same time, exploring a number of styles and influences.
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