{"id":128891,"date":"2015-11-19T07:36:50","date_gmt":"2015-11-19T14:36:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/11\/19\/yup-growing-up-this-was-isis-to-me.html"},"modified":"2015-11-22T10:38:21","modified_gmt":"2015-11-22T17:38:21","slug":"yup-growing-up-this-was-isis-to-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/11\/19\/yup-growing-up-this-was-isis-to-me.html","title":{"rendered":"Yup, growing up, this was &quot;ISIS&quot; to me"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Another reason I&#39;ve favored &quot;ISIL&quot; (or, now, Da&#39;esh).<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"sm2wpreshared\">Originally shared by <a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/101083456815352083930'>+Andres Soolo<\/a>:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>TIL that on American TV, Isis is a garden variety two-faced superhero.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div><iframe type='text\/html' width='100%' height='385' src='https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/eYmbt2RVqCg' frameborder='0'><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><span style='font-size:small;'><a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/+DaveHill47\/posts\/XYMCNXxnMGT'>View on Google+<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Another reason I&#39;ve favored &quot;ISIL&quot; (or, now, Da&#39;esh). 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