{"id":49172,"date":"2015-01-06T21:06:23","date_gmt":"2015-01-06T21:06:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/01\/06\/this-wont-make-for-better-elections-but-certainly-more-amusing-ones.html"},"modified":"2015-01-06T21:06:23","modified_gmt":"2015-01-06T21:06:23","slug":"this-wont-make-for-better-elections-but-certainly-more-amusing-ones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/01\/06\/this-wont-make-for-better-elections-but-certainly-more-amusing-ones.html","title":{"rendered":"This won&#039;t make for better elections, but certainly more amusing ones"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Maybe we could give <i>Star Wars vs Star Trek<\/i> new meaning.<\/p>\n<p>(H\/t <span class=\"proflinkWrapper\"><span class=\"proflinkPrefix\">+<\/span><a class=\"proflink\" href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/103748887870095862080\" oid=\"103748887870095862080\">Les Jenkins<\/a><\/span>; source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.smbc-comics.com\/index.php?id=3602#comic\">http:\/\/www.smbc-comics.com\/index.php?id=3602#comic<\/a>)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div style='text-align:center'><a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/photos\/101083456815352083930\/albums\/6101336843191155601\/6101336858014849922'><img src='https:\/\/lh4.googleusercontent.com\/--g5EeU6Q70c\/VKxNi8z5G4I\/AAAAAAAC9Cg\/Ho5tzRk_3no\/smbc20150106.png?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\/101083456815352083930\/posts\/5NATDRoaMSb'>View on Google+<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Maybe we could give Star Wars vs Star Trek new meaning. 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