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  1. Who was St Ivo<\/a>?<\/li>\n
  2. Should you buy the new “forever” stamps<\/a>?  Nope.  Stamp prices rise slower than inflation.  In fact, by law, they now cannot rise faster than inflation (which seems dopey).  On the other hand — what’s the conveience of not ending up with odd lot stamps worth? <\/li>\n
  3. Ah — an old GMing custom<\/a>.  Not quite a retcon, but close to it …<\/li>\n
  4. Colorado medical record leaks<\/a>!  Cool!<\/li>\n
  5. The case of the vanishing voter fraud think tank<\/a>.  Maybe illegal aliens stole it …<\/li>\n
  6. What’s the fastest acting lethal poison<\/a>?  Just … curious …<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Who was St Ivo? Should you buy the new “forever” stamps?  Nope.  Stamp prices rise slower than inflation.  In fact, by law, they now cannot rise faster than inflation…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":0,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[38,22,20,9,16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10898","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-food-drink","category-gaming","category-hi-tech","category-politics-law","category-potpourri"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7666,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2005\/01\/20\/philately.html","url_meta":{"origin":10898,"position":0},"title":"Philately","author":"***Dave","date":"Thu 20-Jan-05 7:05am","format":false,"excerpt":"While you might think that the rise of the Internet has caused serious problems for stamp collectors -- by pushing more communication into e-mail -- in fact, it's helped collectors...","rel":"","context":"In "Potpourri"","block_context":{"text":"Potpourri","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/potpourri"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":32463,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/02\/08\/goldbugs-and-tea-parties.html","url_meta":{"origin":10898,"position":1},"title":"Goldbugs and Tea Parties","author":"***Dave","date":"Fri 8-Feb-13 9:14am","format":false,"excerpt":"So the Tea Party is usually thought to be hyper-conservative regarding the US Constitution. Which doesn't seem to relate to its sudden fascination with states minting their own money, as the Tea Party Nation demonstrates: In an era where the Federal Government is predisposed to the endless erosion of personal\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Dolts"","block_context":{"text":"Dolts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/dolts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/vaTreasury5dolUncRaw1.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/vaTreasury5dolUncRaw1.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/vaTreasury5dolUncRaw1.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/vaTreasury5dolUncRaw1.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":23141,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2011\/10\/21\/unblogged-bits-fri-21-oct-11-0530.html","url_meta":{"origin":10898,"position":2},"title":"Unblogged Bits (Fri. 21-Oct-11 0530)","author":"***Dave","date":"Fri 21-Oct-11 5:30am","format":false,"excerpt":"Links (most recent first) that caught my eye, but did not warrant full-blown blog entries .... Decades Old Calvin and Hobbes Strip Succinctly Explains Occupy Wall Street Movement Sen. Sessions Wants To Cut Food Stamp Program, Claiming It Has \u2018Surged Out Of Control\u2019 - \"Well look, do you think there\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Potpourri"","block_context":{"text":"Potpourri","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/potpourri"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":25824,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/01\/30\/no-junk-food-for-food-stamps.html","url_meta":{"origin":10898,"position":3},"title":"No junk food for food stamps?","author":"***Dave","date":"Mon 30-Jan-12 11:56am","format":false,"excerpt":"On the one hand, even if I'm not such an elegant lady as State Senator Storms, I can understand some level of concern, in a variety of areas, over purchasing junk food with food stamps \/ SNAP assistance.On the other hand, practically putting such restrictions in will lead to all\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "~PlusPosts"","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":23440,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2011\/11\/04\/eating-on-4-66-a-day.html","url_meta":{"origin":10898,"position":4},"title":"Eating on $4.66 a day","author":"***Dave","date":"Fri 4-Nov-11 8:50am","format":false,"excerpt":"That's how much you get if you're on food stamps (SNAP). $32.59\/week. $4.66\/day. $1.55\/meal (if you're going for three meals). Not much you can buy for a $1.55.Remember that, next time Paul Ryan or Eric Cantor or one of those other Congressional dolts (of either party, but most reside on\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "~PlusPosts"","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":41488,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/03\/21\/cheating-to-help-the-needy.html","url_meta":{"origin":10898,"position":5},"title":""Cheating" to help the needy","author":"***Dave","date":"Fri 21-Mar-14 2:17pm","format":false,"excerpt":"The GOP in Congress thought they had a foolproof way to cut food stamps.'The [food stamp] cut involved the so-called heat-and-eat program, in which food stamp benefits are increased for those who qualify for a small amount of state heating assistance so that they do not have to choose between\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "~PlusPosts"","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10898","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10898"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10898\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10898"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10898"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10898"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}