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Yet another thing Thomas Friedman doesn’t understand: pro wrestling

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Carl Beijer
Jun 24, 2015
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Friedman has a baffling complaint about current tensions between the US and Russia:

…this time it seems like the Cold War without the fun — that is, without James Bond, Smersh, “Get Smart” Agent 86’s shoe phone, Nikita Khrushchev’s shoe-banging, a race to the moon or a debate between American and Soviet leaders over whose country has the best kitchen app…

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