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THE IMMORALITY CLAUSE by Brian Parker is a cyberpunk novel about a burnt-out cop working the worst district of New Orleans in the latter half of the 21st century. It's not so far in the future things have changed dramatically but it's changed enough there's sex bots, advanced new weapons, and a society that's struggling to keep peace with the changes brought about by technology.

The premise of the novel, in a nutshell, is basically a somewhat less naval gazing version of Blade Runner. Homicide Detective Zach Forrest works his beat in New Orleans new Red Light District ("Easytown") where prostitution is legalized thanks to the existence of soulless but otherwise indistinguishable from reality sex bots. If you guess a series of murders rocks the district and calls Zach to question, then you'd be right. A city councilman is murdered by his companion and that threatens New Orleans' lucrative sex-tourist trade.

Zach is thus drawn into solving a case he doesn't want to that also includes a romance with the "madam" of the cyber-brothel he's investigating. One rule he can't break, though, is having sex with one of the lifelike machines himself. A police officer who breaks the Immorality Clause of their contract is off the force. [Note: Having lived in New Orleans for a time, the idea of the NOPD not being involved with prostitutes may be the most unbelievable thing in this book of robots and flying cars.]

It's a conservative vision of the future as regular prostitution and drugs are still illegal and there's a huge stigma to using the artificial kind. Sex work is depicted as shameful in the eyes of society even as the women involved (and only women) are decent people. Zach Forrest, himself, loathes Easytown as despite full of legal businesses, it's a dangerous and sleazy sort of place. I actually don't mind this as the best science fiction is about now rather than the future.

Brian Parker does an excellent job realizing the dichotomy of machines potentially having more humanity than the people around them. Zach Forrest is barely functional after years on the force and his best friend is a Siri-analogue that isn't quite artificial intelligence but close enough to be indistinguishable to a schlub like Zach. He has few friends but enough that he can get them involved in his work by accident. He also has the film noir detective quality of being incredibly attractive to women despite being a working class drunk.

The world is well realized and you really ca

He drives around until he sees a lady of the night who catches his eye. After going through some formalities she gets in the passenger seat and he asks how much she charges.

"For starters a handy is $375."

"Wow, that seems like a lot of cash for a handjob lady."

"Mister, do you see that Porsche parked at the end of the street?" She points to a brand new Porsche. "I own that because I give the best damned handjobs ever."

Brian considers this and decides it's worth it. He is completely blown away when she's done.

"Wow. So how much do you charge for a blowjob?"

"For you sweetie, $925."

"925? That seems pretty steep."

"Listen here sugar. Do you see the 6 story motel my Porsche is parked in front of? I own that motel because I give the best damned blowjobs ever."

Recalling the outstanding handjob she had just performed, Brian decides to give it a shot. Once again he is not dissapointed.

"Wow, that was great. So I have to know...how much do you charge for sex?"

"Do you see that 30 story office building?"

Brian gulps. "Um, yeah."

"If I had a pussy I would own that too."

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2. Jake Friend - Roosters
3. Cameron Smith - Storm
4. James Segeyaro - Panthers
5. Robbie Farah - Tigers
6. Thomas Leuluai - Warriors
7. Andrew McCullough - Broncos
8. Jake Granville - Cowboys
9. Matt Ballin - Sea Eagles
10. Mitch Rein - Dragons
11. Michael Ennis - Sharks
12. Nathan Peats - Eels
13. Josh Hodgson - Raiders
14. Michael Lichaa - Bulldogs
15. Nathan Friend - Warriors
16. Api Koroisau - Panthers
17. Isaac De Gois - Eels
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19. Kierran Moseley - Titans
20. Siliva Havili - Warriors

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Here's my list, What's your favourite ?

Tony Ferguson: D'arce Choke & Slicing elbows & Sand-throw

Wanderlei Silva: Knees from Thai-Clinc & Windmill Punches & Soccer kicks

Anderson Silva: Entering the Matrix

Fedor Emelianenko: Armbar & Casting Punches

Yoel Romero: 52 Block guard

Giga chikadze: Liver Kick aka Giga kick

Jon Jones: Spinning back elbow & Tainted eye pokes & Oblique kicks.

Dustin Poirier: Ketchel Shift ( triple shift move by Stanley ketchel 1930s) & Squaring-up n shadowing with hooks.

Aleksei Oleynik: Ezekiel choke

Charles Oliveira: Anaconda Choke

Justin Gaethje: Leg kick & Chin

Darren Till: Flappy hands into left straight

Bas Rutten: Liver Shot

Mirko 'Cro Cop' Filipovic: Left High Kick (Cemetery)

Glover Teixeira: Desperation Takedown & Rear-naked Choke

Luke Rochold- Question mark kick

Kumaru Usman: Jab & Clinch against cage

Damian Maia: Backpack & Single leg to Python

Frank Edgar: Knee tap takedown

Dominic Cruz: Switch cross

Ronda Rousey - Armbar

Conor McGregor’s - Straight Left Hand

Diaz Brothers’ - Stockton Slap & Chin

Daniel Cormier’s - Overhead Slams (High Crotch single) & Eye pokes

Georges St-Pierre’sp - Superman Punch & The Jab & Blast Double

Alistair Overeem: Guillotine Choke & Knees (Uber Knee)

Josh Koscheck: Looping Right Hand

Chris Leben: Foot Stomps

Jose Aldo: Leg Kicks

Matt Hughes: Slams

Ken Shamrock: Heel Hook and Leg Lock

Randy Couture: Dirty Boxing (clinch Boxing )

Junior Dos Santos: Overhand right & Combinations & Jab to the body

Dan Henderson: Right hand (H-Bomb)

Mark Coleman: Ground Strikes 'The God Father of Ground Pound'

BJ Penn: Rear Naked Choke

Chael Sonan: Double leg & WINNING

Michael Bisping: Left hook larry

Brian Ortega: Triangle Choke & Hail Marry Submission

Fabricio Werdum: Pulling Guard & Traingle choke

Frank Mir: Bone Breaking submissions

Mark Hunt: Walk off KO

Dan Hooker: Dirty knee's of clinch

Khabib: Dagestani Leg-lock & Ground n Pound

Tyron Woodley: Frozen

Niko Price: Upkick

Rousimar Palharis: Heel-hooks from hell

Cory Sanhagen: Flying knee

Edson Barbosa: Spinning Wheel kick

Donald Cerrone: Head kicks

Cain Velasquez: Cardio

Francis Ngannou: Flurry

Ovince Saint: Von Flue Choke

Vitor Belfort: Fast hands & TRT

Chuck Liddell: Overhand right

Robert Whittaker: 1-2 kick combo

Vicente Luque: Left hook & D'arce Choke

Anthony Pettis: Backed against the Cage

I was listening to the "Weighing In" podcast the other day and at some point Josh and Big John were discussing how UFC would be impacted with a 165 lb division. Josh argued divisions would get shallowed whereas Big John said it would be good for the UFC.

It made me think how a good reshuffle would actually look like and I was a bit surprised with how interesting things would get.

For this exercise, I used the divisions that would be impacted the most (featherweight up to middleweight) and selected the top guys for each one (in bold you can see new guys at a division with the obvious exception of 165 where everybody is new).

Featherweight

Alex Volkanovski (C)

Brian Ortega

Yair Rodriguez

Korean Zombie

Giga Chikadze

Edson Barboza

Dan Hooker

Henry Cejudo

The 145 division would not be impacted too much by these. Yair is back and looked great against back, Giga is promising and 1 extra division could allow the return of Henry Cejudo at Featherweight. The question marks would be Dan Hooker and Edson Barbosa who could realistically move between 145 and 155 and choose the one with potential higher returns. Still, even without Max, this division looks solid

Lightweight

Charles Oliveira (C)

Islam Makhachev

Justin Gaethje

Beneil Dariush

Tony Ferguson

Rafael dos Anjos

Arman Tsarukyan

Max Holloway

The big addition to the division would be Max. I think that regardless of the outcome of a likely Max v Volk 3, he should move up. He showed against Dustin he can be competitive against top 155s and he probably just needs time to "fill his frame" and get ready to contend. Justin, Charles, Islam and Beneil can keep the top interesting and who knows....maybe UFC can look at Pitbull and AJ McKee as additions to this division.

The new 165 lb division

Colby Covington

Dustin Poirier

Conor McGregor

Michael Chandler

Gilbert Burns

Nate Diaz

Jorge Masvidal

Michael Chiesa

Sean Brady

Kevin Lee

All I can see is wow, this division would be the prime division in the UFC. Not only it would feature some of the best, but it would also have the flashiest and brashest fighters in UFC. Allow me to explain the criteria:

• Dustin and Conor have said they don't want to cut weight; with a new division, they wouldn't have to and all of a sudden Conor would be up for a more valid title challenge.
• A bit like the Max/Volk situation, Colby might be the obvious #2 of the division but not good enough to be the champion; with this new divi

2021 - QB Mac Jones, LB Zaven Collins

2020 — WR Jerry Jeudy, CB A.J. Terrell

2019 — QB Dwayne Haskins, DE Brian Burns

2018 — OT Kolton Miller, LB Tremaine Edmunds

2017 — S Malik Hooker, CB Marlon Humphrey

2016 — WR Corey Coleman, OT Taylor Decker

2015 — RB Melvin Gordon, CB Kevin Johnson

2014 — LB Ryan Shazier, OG Zack Martin

2013 — S Kenny Vaccaro , QB EJ Manuel

2012 — DE Bruce Irvin, DE Quinton Coples

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Pro Bowl rosters are always a popularity contest, but it has a big effect on players. Selections could mean more money in free agency, more pay based on incentives, etc. Below are both the AFC & NFC Pro Bowl rosters based on PFF grade.

Instead of using "defensive end", "outside linebacker", & "inside linebacker", I am using EDGE (lines up on D-Line) and Linebacker (off-ball). Otherwise, you have an entire team of pass rushers who get in. I'm glad that the All-Pro team has changed this, but the Pro Bowl seems to be a step behind.

Grades are Through Week 15 (Last week of play before rosters were announced)

AFC Offense

Quarterback: Joe Burrow, CIN (90.4); Justin Herbert, LAC (89.2); Ryan Tannehill, TEN (82.8)

Running Back: Jonathan Taylor, IND (90.0); D'Ernest Johnson, CLE (86.4); Damien Harris, NE (84.7)

Wide Receiver: Tyreek Hill, KC (87.9); Tee Higgins, CIN (81.4); Stefon Diggs, BUF (80.5); Keenan Allen, LAC (80.1)

Tight End: Mark Andrews, BAL (91.0); Travis Kelce, KC (82.4)

Fullback: Patrick Ricard, BAL (74.6)

Tackle: Michael Onwenu, NE (88.8); Braden Smith, IND (84.6); Trent Brown, NE (83.5)

Guard: Joel Bitonio, CLE (93.7); Shaq Mason, NE (84.9); Wyatt Teller, CLE (83.5)

Center: Creed Humphrey, KC (90.7); Corey Linsley, LAC (84.3)

AFC Defense

Edge Defender: Myles Garrett, CLE (92.1); Maxx Crosby, LV (91.0); Joey Bosa, LAC (88.6)

Interior Defender: Cameron Heyward, PIT (91.3); Chris Jones, KC (86.9); Calais Campbell, BAL (84.1)

Linebacker: Alexander Johnson, DEN (80.6) -- Injured; Darius Leonard, IND (77.4); Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah, CLE (76.5); Josh Bynes, BAL (73.1); Matt Milano, BUF (68.7); Kyle Van Noy, NE (68.6)

Cornerback: Rashad Fenton, KC (82.3); Mike Hughes, KC (81.0); Chidobe Awuzie, CIN (80.2); Nate Hobbs, LV (78.6)

Safety: Kevin Byard, TEN (90.3); Amani Hooker, TEN (84.2); Adrian Phillips, NE (83.5)

AFC Special Teams

Long Snapper: Morgan Cox, TEN (78.2)

Punter: A.J. Cole III, LV (84.9)

Kicker: Justin Tucker, BAL (92.8)

Return Specialist: Tremon Smith, HOU (75.5)

Special Teamer: Minkah Fitzpatrick, PIT (91.2)

NFC Offense

Quarterback: Tom Brady, TB (90.0); Kirk Cousins, MIN (87.0); Aaron Rodgers, GB (84.6)

Running Back: Tony Pollard, DAL (86.6); A.J. Dillon, GB (86.4); Cordarrelle Patterson, ATL (86.0)

Wide Receiver: ***

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Ranking Changes From End of 2020 to End of 2021

Heavyweight

• Ranking Improvements

+6 Ciryl Gane (#7 - #1)

+6 Marcin Tybura (#15 - #9)

+1 Francis Ngannou (#1 - C)

+1 Derrick Lewis (#4 - #3)

+1 Alexander Volkov (#6 - #5)

• Ranking Declines

-3 Jairzinho Rozenstruik (#3 - #6)

-3 Augusto Sakai (#9 - #12)

-2 Stipe Miocic (C - #2)

-2 Curtis Blaydes (#2 - #4)

-2 Walt Harris (#12 - #14)

-1 Segei Pavlovich (#14 - #15)

• New Additions to Rankings

Chris Daukus (#7)

Tom Aspinall (#10)

Tai Tuivasa (#11)

• No Longer Ranked (From)

Alistair Overeem (#5)

Aleksei Oleinik (#10)

Junior Dos Santos (#11)

**Shamil Abdurakhimov (#8). and Blagoy Ivanov (#13) kept position

Light Heavyweight

• Ranking Improvements

+5 Magomed Ankalaev (#11 - #6)

+3 Jiri Prochazka (#5 - #2)

+3 Paul Craig (#14 - #11)

+3 Jamahal Hill (#15 - #12)

+2 Anthony Smith (#6 - #4)

+1 Glover Teixeira (#1 - C)

+1 Aleksander Rakic (#4 - #3)

• Ranking Declines

-4 Dominick Reyes (#3 - #7)

-3 Thiago Santos (#2 - #5)

-2 Jimmy Crute (#12 - #14)

-1 Jan Blachowicz (#C - #1)

-1 Volkan Oezdemir (#7 - #8)

-1 Nikita Krylov (#8 - #9)

-1 Johnny Walter (#9 - #10)

• New Additions to Rankings

Ion Cutelaba (#15)

• No Longer Ranked (From)

Misha Cirkunov (#10)

**Ryan Spann (#13) kept position

Middleweight

• Ranking Improvements

+3 Marvin Vettori (#5 - #2)

+3 Derek Brunson (#7 - #4)

+3 Brad Tavares (#14 - #11)

• Ranking Declines

-4 Darren Till (#4 - #8)

-4 Kevin Holland (#10 - #14)

-4 Chris Weidman (#11- #15)

-3 Paulo Costa (#2 - #5)

-2 Kelvin Gastelum (#8 - #10)

• New Additions to Rankings

Sean Strickland (#7)

Nassourdine Imavov (#12)

Andre Muniz (#13)

• No Longer Ranked (From)

Edmen Shahbazyan (#12)

Omari Akhmedov (#13)

Ian Heinisch (#15)

**Israel Adesanya (C), Robert Whittaker (#1), Jared Cannonier (#3(, Jack Hermansson (#6), and Uriah Hall (#9) kept position

Welterweight

• Ranking Improvements

+8 Belal Muhammad (#13 - #5)

+6 Vincente Luque (#10 - #4)

+4 Khazmat Chimaev (15# - 11#)

+1 Neil Magny (#9 - #8)

• Ranking Declines

-2 Jorge Masvidal (#4 - #6)

-2 Stephen Thompson (#5 - #7)

-2 Michael Chiesa (#8 - #10)

-1 Geoff Neal (#11 - #12)

• New Additions to Rankings

Sean Brady (#9)

Jingliang Li (#13)

Santiago Ponzinibbio (#14)

Muslim Salikhov (#15)

• No Longer Ranked (From)

Tyron Woodley (#6)

Damian Maia (#7)

Ant

I don't want to step on anybody's toes here, but the amount of non-dad jokes here in this subreddit really annoys me. First of all, dad jokes CAN be NSFW, it clearly says so in the sub rules. Secondly, it doesn't automatically make it a dad joke if it's from a conversation between you and your child. Most importantly, the jokes that your CHILDREN tell YOU are not dad jokes. The point of a dad joke is that it's so cheesy only a dad who's trying to be funny would make such a joke. That's it. They are stupid plays on words, lame puns and so on. There has to be a clever pun or wordplay for it to be considered a dad joke.

Again, to all the fellow dads, I apologise if I'm sounding too harsh. But I just needed to get it off my chest.

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