{"id":135960,"date":"2018-03-20T21:34:13","date_gmt":"2018-03-21T03:34:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/?p=135960"},"modified":"2018-03-21T13:42:59","modified_gmt":"2018-03-21T19:42:59","slug":"saga-ashen-weasel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2018\/03\/20\/saga-ashen-weasel.html","title":{"rendered":"The Saga of the Ashen Weasel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>John Oliver takes aim at Mike Pence &#8230; and some hopping book sales.<\/p>\n<p>Pence remains the primary (meaning sole) reason for wanting Trump to stay in office.<\/p>\n<p>[h\/t <span class=\"proflinkWrapper\"><span class=\"proflinkPrefix\">+<\/span><a class=\"proflink\" href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/103453067516847485667\">Kay Hill<\/a><\/span>]<\/p>\n<div><iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rs2RlZQVXBU\" width=\"100%\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/+DaveHill47\/posts\/gYVZb9DdCDW\">View on Google+<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>John Oliver takes aim at Mike Pence &#8230; and some hopping book sales. Pence remains the primary (meaning sole) reason for wanting Trump to stay in office. [h\/t +Kay Hill] View on Google+<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":135966,"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":[106,36,718,110,1071],"tags":[1452,1451],"class_list":["post-135960","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-plusposts","category-media-books","category-marriage-equality","category-religious-zanies","category-trump","tag-johnoliver","tag-pence"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/john-oliver-mike-pence.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":131076,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2016\/07\/14\/so-it-looks-like-trump-is-picking-pence-for-his-running-mate.html","url_meta":{"origin":135960,"position":0},"title":"So it looks like Trump is picking Pence for his running mate","author":"***Dave","date":"Thu 14-Jul-16 11:22am","format":false,"excerpt":"Or so all the Informed Rumors have it.I'm honestly not surprised. Of the three \"finalists,\" Christie remains in danger in the Bridgegate thang (and is already setting up the White House transition team), and Gingrich is ... well, too likely to take attention away Trump, and too unlikely to subordinate\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":136366,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2018\/05\/10\/a-look-at-mike-pence-and-exiled-american-evangelicals.html","url_meta":{"origin":135960,"position":1},"title":"A look at Mike Pence and &#8220;Exiled&#8221; American Evangelicals","author":"***Dave","date":"Thu 10-May-18 7:41am","format":false,"excerpt":"A fascinating article in Harpers about the focus by many in the US Evangelical Christian community on the Babylonian Exile of the Jews as a metaphor for what they see as their own marginalization by American secular \/ multi-cultural society. This is important in how that focus drives the Vice\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;~PlusPosts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/pence-exiled.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":137177,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2018\/09\/14\/the-insoluble-problem-from-impeaching-trump.html","url_meta":{"origin":135960,"position":2},"title":"The insoluble problem from impeaching Trump","author":"***Dave","date":"Fri 14-Sep-18 11:32am","format":false,"excerpt":"Believe me, I understand. I desperately want Donald out of the White House and somewhere (whether in prison, in an institution, or in a golf cart) far away from where he can continue to vandalize our society through the power of the federal government.But Trump managed to do -- intentionally\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":134999,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2017\/10\/08\/you-arent-here-for-the-hunting-are-you.html","url_meta":{"origin":135960,"position":3},"title":"&#8216;You aren&#8217;t here for the hunting, are you?&#8221;","author":"***Dave","date":"Sun 8-Oct-17 3:42pm","format":false,"excerpt":"A series of unfortunate events: Mike Pence attends a football game where he knows there will be anthem protests. Mike Pence says in advance he will leave the game if there's an anthem protest. Mike Pence leaves the game because there was an anthem protest. Mike Pence raises a stink\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;~PlusPosts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/pence-national-anthem.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":131110,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2016\/07\/18\/if-people-are-worried-that-trump-is-not-a-true-conservative.html","url_meta":{"origin":135960,"position":4},"title":"If people are worried that Trump is not a true conservative","author":"***Dave","date":"Mon 18-Jul-16 4:28am","format":false,"excerpt":"... Mike Pence makes up the difference. And not in a good way.To be fair, it's not clear that anyone (including his VP) will actually influence Trump's \"policy\". On the other hand, it's not clear that, once he's won the biggest prize, Trump won't simply resign and go on speaking\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;~PlusPosts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/13669825_1133665690036806_3467992242566128048_n.jpgimgmax%3D660.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/13669825_1133665690036806_3467992242566128048_n.jpgimgmax%3D660.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/13669825_1133665690036806_3467992242566128048_n.jpgimgmax%3D660.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":132846,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2017\/02\/14\/its-not-the-crime-that-gets-you-its-the-cover-up.html","url_meta":{"origin":135960,"position":5},"title":"It&#039;s not the crime that gets you, it&#039;s the cover-up","author":"***Dave","date":"Tue 14-Feb-17 2:16pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Michael Flynn seems to have learned, the hard way, that lesson which Richard Nixon demonstrated to the world. But it's worth noting that (a) up until Flynn's resignation, the Trump\/Pence White House were continuing to voice \"full confidence\" in Flynn, even though (b) they were informed weeks ago by the\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":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135960","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=135960"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135960\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":135967,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135960\/revisions\/135967"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/135966"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=135960"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=135960"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=135960"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}