{"id":39074,"date":"2013-10-07T05:45:32","date_gmt":"2013-10-07T11:45:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/10\/07\/oh-well-who-really-needs-antarctic-research-anyway.html"},"modified":"2013-10-09T05:54:00","modified_gmt":"2013-10-09T11:54:00","slug":"oh-well-who-really-needs-antarctic-research-anyway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/10\/07\/oh-well-who-really-needs-antarctic-research-anyway.html","title":{"rendered":"Oh, well, who really needs Antarctic research, anyway?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"gpb-content\">I mean, if it were <i>really<\/i> &quot;important&quot;, Exxon Mobil or Monsanto would be sponsoring it, rather than a bunch of scientists who probably believe in evolution and climate change hanging out in a comfy South Pole resort sucking at the federal government teat and driving all of our taxes through the roof, right? Right?<\/p>\n<p>Shut &#39;em down!<\/p><\/div>\n<p class='gpb-article' style='clear:both;'>\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                                                    <img style='max-width:none;' src='https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/proxy\/irUsZeZFDtf5tN5u03E_LkB3M6UDZYQM1Rw2VSu027Y5boxAi003era6rB6c_ZdrSNF2SfDEGHQpC8dQ6XAVH8W3HfMGI5M7pDkiBauivmMNJ1f5kHwdGFq1qFKKlhf1NAtiIReE=w120-h120' border='0' \/>\n                                                <\/div>\n<p>                                                <a href='http:\/\/www.scientificamerican.com\/article.cfm?id=us-antarctic-research-season-over'>U.S. Antarctic Research Season Is in Jeopardy: Scientific American<\/a><br \/>\n                                                The shutdown may force evacuation of U.S. research stations\n                                            <\/p>\n<p class='gpb-links' style='clear:both;'> <a class='gpb-linkback' href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/101083456815352083930\/posts\/LCmA4AzyuGB' target='_new'>View this post on Google+<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I mean, if it were really &quot;important&quot;, Exxon Mobil or Monsanto would be sponsoring it, rather than a bunch of scientists who probably believe in evolution and climate change hanging out in a comfy South Pole resort sucking at the federal government teat and driving all of our taxes through the roof, right? Right? 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