{"id":19237,"date":"2024-10-16T07:49:00","date_gmt":"2024-10-16T14:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/simonburrow.com\/?p=19237"},"modified":"2024-10-13T14:02:03","modified_gmt":"2024-10-13T21:02:03","slug":"politics-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/simonburrow.com\/?p=19237","title":{"rendered":"Politics"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/18697402-E433-4EB0-960A-502A3ACEBCB0_1_105_c.jpeg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"453\" data-attachment-id=\"19225\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/simonburrow.com\/?attachment_id=19225\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/18697402-E433-4EB0-960A-502A3ACEBCB0_1_105_c.jpeg?fit=1102%2C712&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1102,712\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 15 Pro Max&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1725539157&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;15.659999847383&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;50&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.00081499592502037&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"18697402-E433-4EB0-960A-502A3ACEBCB0_1_105_c\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/18697402-E433-4EB0-960A-502A3ACEBCB0_1_105_c.jpeg?fit=700%2C453&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/18697402-E433-4EB0-960A-502A3ACEBCB0_1_105_c.jpeg?resize=700%2C453&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/18697402-E433-4EB0-960A-502A3ACEBCB0_1_105_c.jpeg?resize=1024%2C662&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/18697402-E433-4EB0-960A-502A3ACEBCB0_1_105_c.jpeg?resize=300%2C194&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/18697402-E433-4EB0-960A-502A3ACEBCB0_1_105_c.jpeg?resize=768%2C496&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/18697402-E433-4EB0-960A-502A3ACEBCB0_1_105_c.jpeg?w=1102&amp;ssl=1 1102w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-large-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>&#8220;Politics is a contact sport.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Paul Dietz<\/strong> (and others)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is the season to celebrate how ugly democracy can be. And yet it is still the best available system. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The photo is of the beautiful vineyards near Paso Robles, CA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Politics is a contact sport.&#8221; Paul Dietz (and others) It is the season to celebrate how ugly democracy can be. And yet it is still the best available system. 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