{"id":2300,"date":"2020-12-23T14:49:37","date_gmt":"2020-12-23T19:49:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=2300"},"modified":"2021-01-31T08:16:35","modified_gmt":"2021-01-31T13:16:35","slug":"great-caesars-ghost","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=2300","title":{"rendered":"Great Caesar&#8217;s Ghost!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Don must cross the Rubicon,<br \/>\nas mandated by QAnon.<br \/>\nThe act would be a right wing pleaser,<br \/>\nif he went all Julius Caesar.<br \/>\nGeneral Flynn is all in favor.<br \/>\nMartial law&#8217;s his favorite flavor.<br \/>\nThirty days he&#8217;s still in power,<br \/>\ncountdown ticking by the hour.<br \/>\nHe could be the best dictator<br \/>\non this side of the equator.<br \/>\nThings might become a bit hairy<br \/>\nconcerning the military.<br \/>\nIn a clampdown, things get tough.<br \/>\nHe may not have &#8216;friends&#8217; enough.<br \/>\nIf things go beyond the pale,<br \/>\nenablers might land in jail.<br \/>\nPardons might not go too well<br \/>\nif Trump, too, is in a cell.<br \/>\nOne great fantasy awaits:<br \/>\nOrange, making license plates.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Don must cross the Rubicon, as mandated by QAnon. The act would be a right wing pleaser, if he went all Julius Caesar. General Flynn is all in favor. Martial law&#8217;s his favorite flavor. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=2300\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2300","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poem-2"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":547,"url":"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=547","url_meta":{"origin":2300,"position":0},"title":"Headstrong Tailor","author":"Rick Young","date":"January 27, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"The man with needles had them all in stitches. His specialty was sewing funny britches. 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