{"id":30045,"date":"2012-08-31T10:12:39","date_gmt":"2012-08-31T16:12:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/08\/31\/playing-politics-while-vesuvius-burns.html"},"modified":"2012-08-31T10:12:39","modified_gmt":"2012-08-31T16:12:39","slug":"playing-politics-while-vesuvius-burns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/08\/31\/playing-politics-while-vesuvius-burns.html","title":{"rendered":"Playing politics while Vesuvius burns"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Insights into Roman politics from wall paintings in Pompeii. Seen some of these. \u00a0Very cool.<\/p>\n<p style='clear:both;'>\n<p style='margin-bottom:5px;'><strong>Embedded Link<\/strong><\/p>\n<div style='height:120px;width:120px;overflow:hidden;float:left;margin-top:0px;padding-top:0px;margin-right:10px;vertical-align:top;text-align:center;clear:both;'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img style='max-width:none;' src='https:\/\/images0-focus-opensocial.googleusercontent.com\/gadgets\/proxy?container=focus&#038;gadget=a&#038;resize_h=100&#038;url=http%3A%2F%2Fgraphics8.nytimes.com%2Fimages%2F2012%2F09%2F21%2Fopinion%2F21oped-img%2F21oped-img-blog480.jpg' border='0' \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/campaignstops.blogs.nytimes.com\/2012\/08\/30\/the-attack-ad-pompeii-style\/?nl=todaysheadlines&#038;emc=thab1_20120831'>The Attack Ad, Pompeii-Style<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPolitics could be a dirty business, even in seaside Pompeii.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p style='clear:both;'> <strong>Google+:<\/strong> <a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/101083456815352083930\/posts\/2oa3WM5oHeU' target='_new'>View post on Google+<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Insights into Roman politics from wall paintings in Pompeii. Seen some of these. \u00a0Very cool. Embedded Link The Attack Ad, Pompeii-Style Politics could be a dirty business, even in seaside Pompeii. 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