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Joe Metz @jametz.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Just to brighten things up for folks, this news article from 1960. My Grandma greeting JFK in Cincinnati, telling everyone what she thought of Nixon. I come from good roots.

Joe Metz @jametz.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

That time my Grandma Donnellon greeted JFK at Cincinnati’s Lunken Airport (along with a couple hundred other people) during the 1960 campaign. “Nix on Nixon,” she called out.

Joe Metz @jametz.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Hey Donnie Boy, here’s a real photo!

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Joe Metz @jametz.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Look what DJT sent me. Although I suspect it's not really from him because he didn't thank me for my attention to this matter.

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Joe Metz @jametz.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

I was 21 years old and we continued the celebration the next day with this incredible concert at Cincinnati's Riverfront Stadium seeing the band leader Benny Goodman and the wonderful Roberta Flack

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Joe Metz @jametz.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

May 11, 1911 Quad-City Times, Davenport IA.

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Joe Metz @jametz.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

From the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, March 13, 1887…

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Joe Metz @jametz.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

I did find a pay phone at a rest stop once

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Joe Metz @jametz.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

The first bleeding heart liberal

Joe Metz @jametz.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

@feloniousmunk.blacksky.app came across this on the Mill Creek Greenway running through the heart of Cincinnati (near where A grew up). Representing!

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Joe Metz @jametz.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

Happy 83rd Birthday to Fr Richard Rohr. He’s second from left in the middle row. I’m two down to the right. This retreat in 1971 changed my life.

Joe Metz @jametz.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

I like the hat tip to Norman Rockwell

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Joe Metz @jametz.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

Just that nettlesome Constitution

Joe Metz @jametz.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

Immediately reminded me of the lead character in Netflix’s Seven Dials which we started watching yesterday.

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Joe Metz @jametz.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

How’s this for not getting off the road?

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Joe Metz @jametz.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

Here’s the image that came to mind about not complying.

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Joe Metz @jametz.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

Well look what showed up on time for the first time in 10 weeks! And showed up at all in a month. @nytimes.com

Joe Metz @jametz.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

Out of curiosity, I calculated those four items. Yikes!

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Joe Metz @jametz.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

Foreign born GOP members in Congress. It omits Cruz

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Joe Metz @jametz.bsky.social · 25/10/2025

How about I go for dashing? (That’s my mom!)

Joe Metz @jametz.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

That time Bruce ran an ad - from the Asbury Park Press, February 20, 1971. #Springsteen #HistoryInRealTime

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Joe Metz @jametz.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

@satbshow.bsky.social Reading your latest newsletter. The Moody Blues were my 1st concert at the Cincinnati Gardens in Sep 1970 (Beatles there in '64). Van Morrison opened. This photo is from the show. A now forgotten classmate took it for my review in the school newspaper.

Joe Metz @jametz.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

After I looked it up, it reminded me of a news story I found from 1874 about my g/g grandpa who gave a speech on a street corner said to be a "ripper." The writer wrote: "...Mr. Forbes flatters himself that with a little practice, he could knock the birds off the bushes, in an oratorical way."

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Joe Metz @jametz.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

I agree with all of these. Everyone should watch Sneakers. Every actor listed was nominated for an Oscar at some point in their career. Fun movie.

Joe Metz @jametz.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

@satbshow.bsky.social Saw these at #WorldsLongestYardSale in Union KY $350 in the lunchbox, $35 on MMT booklet. Nice. #BeaTles

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Joe Metz @jametz.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

It’s always fun what you can find in old newspapers. This is a 1936 ad for a dance at a long ago Cincinnati hotel featuring “Andy Donnellon and His Entertainers.” That’s my grandpa.

Joe Metz @jametz.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

Hey evil John Kennedy, try reading this

Joe Metz @jametz.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

No idea who the artist is

Joe Metz @jametz.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

It would appear the breakdown I. His administration is reasonably close to the city’s racial demographics.

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Joe Metz @jametz.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

In this 1960 news story, my Grandma shows how she felt about Richard Nixon. I can only imagine what she would think of the current president.

Joe Metz @jametz.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

RIP Pope Francis. Here is with my spiritual father Richard Rohr, the priest who changed my life when I was 17. Thank you for trying to reform our Church.

Joe Metz @jametz.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

@angrystaffer.bsky.social I thought you’d like this one at the Cincinnati protest (thousands marched). Our mayor spoke, as did @davidpepperoh.bsky.social

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Joe Metz @jametz.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

And Captain America! The smaller flag said something about love (prevails?)

Joe Metz @jametz.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

Thousands marched in #Cincinnati today. A sampling of signs. The two black signs were carried by two Franciscan nuns.

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Joe Metz @jametz.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

I've never seen an AI generated answer be this wrong. I count several mistakes. Cincy's Riverfront Stadium opened in June, 1970. It says the game was played there in 1970, but that it wasn't built until 1975. It says that Robinson died in 1974. He died in 72. Also says game was in CLE.