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You know that thing? About movies you should have but haven’t yet seen?
So, here in MSP, given imminent BS, I needed a couple of hours of escape. I just watched “Highlander”. For the first time. And, my soul is restored.
Don’t judge.
So, here in MSP, given imminent BS, I needed a couple of hours of escape. I just watched “Highlander”. For the first time. And, my soul is restored.
Don’t judge.
December 3, 2025 at 6:55 AM
You know that thing? About movies you should have but haven’t yet seen?
So, here in MSP, given imminent BS, I needed a couple of hours of escape. I just watched “Highlander”. For the first time. And, my soul is restored.
Don’t judge.
So, here in MSP, given imminent BS, I needed a couple of hours of escape. I just watched “Highlander”. For the first time. And, my soul is restored.
Don’t judge.
Current mood in MSP...
Less than a week after the joyful & welcome arrival of winter, now we learn the ICE is coming. And, I feel sick.
Less than a week after the joyful & welcome arrival of winter, now we learn the ICE is coming. And, I feel sick.
December 2, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Current mood in MSP...
Less than a week after the joyful & welcome arrival of winter, now we learn the ICE is coming. And, I feel sick.
Less than a week after the joyful & welcome arrival of winter, now we learn the ICE is coming. And, I feel sick.
Now batting for the Twins - the centerfielder - (say it with me) Kirrr…
Got handed down a bunch of sports memorabilia. Thought you guys might like this
#MinnesotaTwins #TwinsBaseball #MLB
#MinnesotaTwins #TwinsBaseball #MLB
December 2, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Now batting for the Twins - the centerfielder - (say it with me) Kirrr…
Had my sons + the elder’s GF over yesterday to share a belated Thanksgiving meal.
Pro-tip: instead of roasting an oversized bird with 100 ways to fail and only mediocre fare if you succeed, roast a bone-in pork shoulder. There are a 100 ways to succeed all of which are delicious.
Is it cheating?
Pro-tip: instead of roasting an oversized bird with 100 ways to fail and only mediocre fare if you succeed, roast a bone-in pork shoulder. There are a 100 ways to succeed all of which are delicious.
Is it cheating?
December 2, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Had my sons + the elder’s GF over yesterday to share a belated Thanksgiving meal.
Pro-tip: instead of roasting an oversized bird with 100 ways to fail and only mediocre fare if you succeed, roast a bone-in pork shoulder. There are a 100 ways to succeed all of which are delicious.
Is it cheating?
Pro-tip: instead of roasting an oversized bird with 100 ways to fail and only mediocre fare if you succeed, roast a bone-in pork shoulder. There are a 100 ways to succeed all of which are delicious.
Is it cheating?
More HSI BS in Saint Paul this morning. And, more community response.
www.mprnews.org/story/2025/1...
www.mprnews.org/story/2025/1...
Another federal agent operation in St. Paul draws large crowds of protesters
Gov. Tim Walz said state officials were monitoring a “chaotic” situation “and working to understand what unfolded. We received no heads up from federal authorities on this operation.”
www.mprnews.org
November 25, 2025 at 8:42 PM
More HSI BS in Saint Paul this morning. And, more community response.
www.mprnews.org/story/2025/1...
www.mprnews.org/story/2025/1...
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For no particular reason….posting former U.S. Attorney General John Mitchell’s mugshot before he went to Federal prison for committing numerous crimes on behalf and or/at the direction of President Nixon including obstruction of justice and conspiracy.
November 15, 2025 at 2:05 AM
For no particular reason….posting former U.S. Attorney General John Mitchell’s mugshot before he went to Federal prison for committing numerous crimes on behalf and or/at the direction of President Nixon including obstruction of justice and conspiracy.
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I just don’t see how we can pretend even for a moment that anything involving our federal government is remotely normal when the president is covering up his involvement in a child sex trafficking ring. Like, what are we doing here
November 15, 2025 at 1:14 AM
I just don’t see how we can pretend even for a moment that anything involving our federal government is remotely normal when the president is covering up his involvement in a child sex trafficking ring. Like, what are we doing here
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Remember: The richest 1% evade over $160 billion in taxes every year.
That amount would fund SNAP for a year with money to spare.
Ask yourself who the real freeloaders are.
That amount would fund SNAP for a year with money to spare.
Ask yourself who the real freeloaders are.
November 14, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Remember: The richest 1% evade over $160 billion in taxes every year.
That amount would fund SNAP for a year with money to spare.
Ask yourself who the real freeloaders are.
That amount would fund SNAP for a year with money to spare.
Ask yourself who the real freeloaders are.
Gloriously long line in Minneapolis W10 ☺️
November 5, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Gloriously long line in Minneapolis W10 ☺️
I quit playing video games at PacMan. Never learned a screen pattern.
I never watched Saturday morning cartoons
Inspired by a post I just saw in which someone admitted they hadn’t seen a single episode of Friends nor the film Love Actually… what cultural hole do you have that’s a bit weird for your generation?
I’ll go first: I haven’t seen Dirty Dancing.
I’ll go first: I haven’t seen Dirty Dancing.
October 6, 2025 at 12:32 AM
I quit playing video games at PacMan. Never learned a screen pattern.
Finally. A blue line I'm going to be happy to get behind.
October 5, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Finally. A blue line I'm going to be happy to get behind.
September 24, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Why Tyler Robinson murdered Charlie Kirk begins and ends with one person - Tyler Robinson.
Use of “they” as a rhetorical object of blame is as likely to be evidence of projection as it is to correspond to anything real.
Use of “they” as a rhetorical object of blame is as likely to be evidence of projection as it is to correspond to anything real.
September 23, 2025 at 5:05 AM
Why Tyler Robinson murdered Charlie Kirk begins and ends with one person - Tyler Robinson.
Use of “they” as a rhetorical object of blame is as likely to be evidence of projection as it is to correspond to anything real.
Use of “they” as a rhetorical object of blame is as likely to be evidence of projection as it is to correspond to anything real.
What’s more ironically & tragically hilarious than Trump continuing to think he’s in charge of anything?
That the main stream press continues to cover him as if that’s the case. And, that so many people seem to believe it.
It’s Project 2025, baby - the “always follow the money” of the moment.
That the main stream press continues to cover him as if that’s the case. And, that so many people seem to believe it.
It’s Project 2025, baby - the “always follow the money” of the moment.
September 20, 2025 at 12:52 AM
What’s more ironically & tragically hilarious than Trump continuing to think he’s in charge of anything?
That the main stream press continues to cover him as if that’s the case. And, that so many people seem to believe it.
It’s Project 2025, baby - the “always follow the money” of the moment.
That the main stream press continues to cover him as if that’s the case. And, that so many people seem to believe it.
It’s Project 2025, baby - the “always follow the money” of the moment.
Something not called out enough...
Every new fee, tariff, share dividend, or other form of payment established by executive order is money going into an executive branch slush fund. It can be spent without any need for legislation and without Congressional oversight.
Every new fee, tariff, share dividend, or other form of payment established by executive order is money going into an executive branch slush fund. It can be spent without any need for legislation and without Congressional oversight.
September 19, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Something not called out enough...
Every new fee, tariff, share dividend, or other form of payment established by executive order is money going into an executive branch slush fund. It can be spent without any need for legislation and without Congressional oversight.
Every new fee, tariff, share dividend, or other form of payment established by executive order is money going into an executive branch slush fund. It can be spent without any need for legislation and without Congressional oversight.
When a nonexistent group gets designated a “terrorist organization”, evidence isn’t needed to “identify” someone as member of the group and therefore as a terrorist. Nor can any evidence refute being so identified.
Start practicing holding your breath underwater.
Start practicing holding your breath underwater.
September 19, 2025 at 12:23 AM
When a nonexistent group gets designated a “terrorist organization”, evidence isn’t needed to “identify” someone as member of the group and therefore as a terrorist. Nor can any evidence refute being so identified.
Start practicing holding your breath underwater.
Start practicing holding your breath underwater.
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Rest in peace (and unlimited breadsticks), Ms. Hagerty. www.grandforksherald.com/news/marilyi...
Marilyn Hagerty, Herald reporter and columnist for nearly 70 years, dies at age 99
She wrote for the Herald for more than 60 years and became nationally famous for her work as a food critic.
www.grandforksherald.com
September 16, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Rest in peace (and unlimited breadsticks), Ms. Hagerty. www.grandforksherald.com/news/marilyi...
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I worked in Minneapolis when Marilyn Hagerty went viral for her review of the Olive Garden. Her life before and after was fascinating. Great obituary here for a great newswoman.
www.grandforksherald.com/news/marilyi...
www.grandforksherald.com/news/marilyi...
Marilyn Hagerty, Herald reporter and columnist for nearly 70 years, dies at age 99
She wrote for the Herald for more than 60 years and became nationally famous for her work as a food critic.
www.grandforksherald.com
September 17, 2025 at 3:01 AM
I worked in Minneapolis when Marilyn Hagerty went viral for her review of the Olive Garden. Her life before and after was fascinating. Great obituary here for a great newswoman.
www.grandforksherald.com/news/marilyi...
www.grandforksherald.com/news/marilyi...
An act fueled, in part, by a romantic relationship, maybe. It sure as hell didn’t happen in a vacuum.
Aside from maybe a single shot target rifle, few more effective choices at that distance than a bolt action .30-06.
I hunt and don’t apologize. But it’s hella thin line. “One shot.”
#deerhunter
Aside from maybe a single shot target rifle, few more effective choices at that distance than a bolt action .30-06.
I hunt and don’t apologize. But it’s hella thin line. “One shot.”
#deerhunter
September 17, 2025 at 12:42 AM
An act fueled, in part, by a romantic relationship, maybe. It sure as hell didn’t happen in a vacuum.
Aside from maybe a single shot target rifle, few more effective choices at that distance than a bolt action .30-06.
I hunt and don’t apologize. But it’s hella thin line. “One shot.”
#deerhunter
Aside from maybe a single shot target rifle, few more effective choices at that distance than a bolt action .30-06.
I hunt and don’t apologize. But it’s hella thin line. “One shot.”
#deerhunter
I love this place and hope to break my Meta connection (darn you, Marketplace).
But, I wonder what good might happen if all SM went dark for a week? Maybe two?
But, I wonder what good might happen if all SM went dark for a week? Maybe two?
September 16, 2025 at 11:15 PM
I love this place and hope to break my Meta connection (darn you, Marketplace).
But, I wonder what good might happen if all SM went dark for a week? Maybe two?
But, I wonder what good might happen if all SM went dark for a week? Maybe two?
Yesterday was full of suck. Today as well.
But, I also remembered to look up yesterday. Will try to remember again today.
L.R.R.
But, I also remembered to look up yesterday. Will try to remember again today.
L.R.R.
September 16, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Yesterday was full of suck. Today as well.
But, I also remembered to look up yesterday. Will try to remember again today.
L.R.R.
But, I also remembered to look up yesterday. Will try to remember again today.
L.R.R.
Does Kash Patel have any idea that he was appointed with intention that he and the FBI look like a joke? Do any of the appointees know the same about themselves and the agencies or departments they head? Are they all literally that dumb?
September 13, 2025 at 4:34 AM
Does Kash Patel have any idea that he was appointed with intention that he and the FBI look like a joke? Do any of the appointees know the same about themselves and the agencies or departments they head? Are they all literally that dumb?
Before today, I couldn’t have answered the question “Who is (was) Charlie Kirk?”
Neither did I know the two children shot to death last week a couple of dozen blocks from my home.
Tragically ironic that now I know all about the former and still can’t name the latter.
Neither did I know the two children shot to death last week a couple of dozen blocks from my home.
Tragically ironic that now I know all about the former and still can’t name the latter.
September 11, 2025 at 4:56 AM
Before today, I couldn’t have answered the question “Who is (was) Charlie Kirk?”
Neither did I know the two children shot to death last week a couple of dozen blocks from my home.
Tragically ironic that now I know all about the former and still can’t name the latter.
Neither did I know the two children shot to death last week a couple of dozen blocks from my home.
Tragically ironic that now I know all about the former and still can’t name the latter.
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This is a Melissa Hortman appreciation account for the next 24 hours.
Minnesota lawmaker Melissa Hortman remembered as funny, savvy and 'a true leader'
Friends and colleagues remembered her as grounded, kind and compassionate.
www.pbs.org
September 10, 2025 at 11:39 PM
This is a Melissa Hortman appreciation account for the next 24 hours.