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John Maddening

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Voice of F1rst Wrestling and various other detritus. Movies, traveling, bicycling, Star Wars & 007. Owns more Lego than most children. Saint Paul, Minnesota.

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Heckin’ yes!

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I’m so glad the venue AEW uses here uses AXS instead. Not perfect by any means, but miles better than Ticketmaster.

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Black Hart. There’s a great crew of players and a fantastic host.

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MY UPCOMING GIGS

Sunday July 14 ||| All Ages
🍺 Pryes Brewing, Minneapolis
🎟️: FREE!

Sunday August 11 ||| All Ages
🍻 Bauhaus Brew Labs, Minneapolis
🎟️: linktr.ee/f1rstwrestling

Saturday August 24 ||| All Ages
🛣️ Up/Down, Minneapolis
🎟️: FREE!

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I think the @nytimes.com is just too old to be covering politics now. Its ability to handle the rigor and complexity of modern campaigns is obviously not there anymore. Put it out to pasture so younger newspapers can do the job.

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Drinks on the roof after CONvergence and Taste of Minnesota

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Your friends at F1RST Wrestling are in the middle of our third show at Taste of Minnesota this weekend! Catch us until 2:30, then again from 4-6 at Washington and Marquette!

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Interested in taking a little walk during #CVG2024?

Your pals at F1RST Wrestling are putting on 🚨FREE🚨 pro wrestling shows today and tomorrow at 3rd and Marquette! No ticket needed, just walk up Nicollet to enter!

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And how we’ve still never heard whether or not the bill he used was actually counterfeit. The impetus for the call that set all these events in motion, and we don’t know the truth of that one thing.

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Probably because we in America and as we have established, this ain't our government.

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I dunno, it doesn’t even really sound like him. AND it’s got Tommy Stinson on bass!

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There’s also one in Roseville, by 36 and Hamline.

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Oh, I’m saying *we* (the USians) do have other examples of how we do it. “Two nations separated by a common language”

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There are some, like a school principal is called “Principal Smith”, an athletic coach is called “Coach Jones”, etc. But it’s wildly inconsistent. I think it’s like wanting non-Catholics to call the Pope “Your Holiness”.

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youtu.be/Tf1NS1vEhSg

HOWEVER: I once went to a Douglas Adams signing where a friend had a Newton. Douglas was an early adopter, and my friend had him sign his Newton and beam it to the other Newton.

In 1993, it blew my fucking mind.

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Keir Starner looks like the average of Ryan Seacrest and Keith Olbermann.

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British politics is the Eurovision of politics.

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Yeah, even if the only 100% true thing is the thing he admits happened exactly the way he said it did, that’s ridiculously shitty behavior.

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That’s not a “Minneapolis” bridge in any way, shape, or form.

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Reasonable account of the big differences between UK and US elections if any American friends want a primer before the UK votes tomorrow.

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“Hey hey hey hey hey, don’t be mean.”

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The largely silent ad, which will reportedly air in battleground states across the country, features a sequence of headshots depicting politicians, former Trump White House officials, journalists, and seemingly random average Americans with big red X’s over their faces.

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Do they not fact check puff pieces anymore?

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How I signed off my letter to the Heritage Foundation

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Due to Overwhelming Demand™️, the Mall of America is adding additional seats to our big September 7th show! They go on sale Monday morning!

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Yes, it seems to be a non-issue that 78-year-old Donald Trump was incapable of staying awake during his own criminal trial. He's a spring chicken, you see, the very picture of youthful vigor.

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The fantastic documentary about the Minnesota RollerGirls (now Minnesota Roller Derby) All-Stars is now available for streaming rental or purchase!

You'll even hear and see me! (sorry)

www.minnesotameanfilm.com

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This is not how you get accurate polling numbers.

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Welp, looks like technical issues reared their heads, but we got to hear most of it. When the story gets posted on their website, I'll link to it.

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Always nice to meet Internet Pals™️ in real life!

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Yes, that was a particularly egregious [SCENE MISSING] edit.

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Agreed! There’s a LOT of good stuff in there. Some fun, innovative shots (his character’s reflection in the horse trough when he’s stalking the younger brother made me actually say “whoa.” out loud). Great score.

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I liked it, but yeah, it is very dense. And the nighttime cinematography was pretty confusing.

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I was just saying that I know everything is going to come together eventually, but maybe they had one too many stories in there. And the timelines were not all lined up, adding to the confusion.

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After people's pride and corporate pride I am internally referring to this as Sickos Pride.

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If you live in MN you know he had some weird local side businesses

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