{"id":2729,"date":"2022-08-31T12:41:46","date_gmt":"2022-08-31T16:41:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=2729"},"modified":"2022-08-31T14:48:47","modified_gmt":"2022-08-31T18:48:47","slug":"the-reign-in-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=2729","title":{"rendered":"The Reign in Ukraine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Goodbye Mikhail Gorbachev,<br \/>\nyou sure tore down that wall.<br \/>\nAnd now your people hate you<br \/>\nfor heeding Reagan&#8217;s call.<br \/>\nRonnie pulled the wool, it seems,<br \/>\no&#8217;er unsuspecting eyes.<br \/>\nBegan with arms for hostages,<br \/>\nand just continued lies.<br \/>\nAnd now it&#8217;s come to Putin,<br \/>\nour own T-monster&#8217;s &#8216;friend,&#8217;<br \/>\nattacking Ukraine&#8217;s nuke plant<br \/>\nwhich could court a grisly end.<br \/>\nPerhaps he&#8217;ll get his union back,<br \/>\nreverse history books,<br \/>\nwhile NATO observes in their fear<br \/>\nand Ukraine slowly cooks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Goodbye Mikhail Gorbachev, you sure tore down that wall. And now your people hate you for heeding Reagan&#8217;s call. Ronnie pulled the wool, it seems, o&#8217;er unsuspecting eyes. Began with arms for hostages, and just &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=2729\">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-2729","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poem-2"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2664,"url":"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=2664","url_meta":{"origin":2729,"position":0},"title":"High Alert","author":"Rick Young","date":"March 3, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"When Putin's in his combat zone, he'll take on the whole world alone. It doesn't matter what the cost. 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