{"id":129145,"date":"2015-12-16T07:32:12","date_gmt":"2015-12-16T14:32:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/12\/16\/are-beards-returning-to-american-politics.html"},"modified":"2015-12-19T18:05:39","modified_gmt":"2015-12-20T01:05:39","slug":"are-beards-returning-to-american-politics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/12\/16\/are-beards-returning-to-american-politics.html","title":{"rendered":"Are beards returning to American politics?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Paul Ryan now sports a beard. I don&#39;t think that&#39;s been a popular fashion choice in the halls of Congress for &#8230; well, decades, at least (and, en masse, closer to a century). Beards have come and gone and come and gone amongst the normal public in that time &#8212; are we returning to bearded American politicians, too?<\/p>\n<p>Or is it just that this is the Evil Mirror Universe Paul Ryan, who will bankrupt America by going on a taxing and spending spree, bwah-ha-ha?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div style='text-align:center'><a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/photos\/101083456815352083930\/albums\/6228889410611802545\/6228889410379134434'><img src='https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/-t4FUMtfmEZw\/VnF16qrXNeI\/AAAAAAADe4c\/zXOhyTMqqZg\/bearded%2Bpaul%2Bryan.jpg?imgmax=660' style='max-width:650px;' \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style='text-align:center'>\n<a href='' style='width:50px;height:50px;display:inline-block;background-size:cover;background-image:url();'><\/a>\u00a0\n<\/div>\n<p><span style='font-size:small;'><a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/+DaveHill47\/posts\/4LDcaSx1oLb'>View on Google+<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Paul Ryan now sports a beard. I don&#39;t think that&#39;s been a popular fashion choice in the halls of Congress for &#8230; well, decades, at least (and, en masse, closer to a century). Beards have come and gone and come and gone amongst the normal public in that time &#8212; are we returning to bearded &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/12\/16\/are-beards-returning-to-american-politics.html\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Are beards returning to American politics?&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":129146,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[106,712,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-129145","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-plusposts","category-clothing-and-fashion","category-politics-law"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/bearded+paul+ryan.jpgimgmax=660.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":40841,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/01\/21\/the-american-beard.html","url_meta":{"origin":129145,"position":0},"title":"The American Beard","author":"***Dave","date":"Tue 21-Jan-14 11:43am","format":false,"excerpt":"An interesting historical look. I had no idea of some of the social aspects of such \"fashion.\"Reshared post from +Les JenkinsLike so many other things in life, it's amazing the history tied up into seemingly innocuous things. I had no idea there was this much cultural controversy behind beards. I've\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;~PlusPosts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":129514,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2016\/01\/20\/beards-for-science.html","url_meta":{"origin":129145,"position":1},"title":"Beards &#8230; for SCIENCE!","author":"***Dave","date":"Wed 20-Jan-16 3:18pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Could the next big breakthrough in antibiotics come from beards? Is wearing a beard a sign of healthiness? Is all this an example of Betteridge's Law? Are beards good for your health? - BBC News Do beards hold the key to a new generation of disease-fighting antibiotics? 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It&#39;s for my own good!","author":"***Dave","date":"Fri 8-Mar-13 10:25am","format":false,"excerpt":"Heh. \u00a0(h\/t +Kit Malone)Reshared post from +Lorna Salgado\/\/BeardsBeards Keep You Young, Healthy & Handsome, Says ScienceGentlemen, they\u2019re not just for hipsters and the homeless any more. While both dead sexy and totally awesome, beards are also a boon to your overall health. Researchers discovered that men with beards and moustaches\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;~PlusPosts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":51458,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/06\/15\/on-the-bearding-of-beards.html","url_meta":{"origin":129145,"position":4},"title":"On the Bearding of Beards","author":"***Dave","date":"Mon 15-Jun-15 4:40am","format":false,"excerpt":"Yeah. 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