{"id":1119,"date":"2015-07-09T10:01:26","date_gmt":"2015-07-09T17:01:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/davidraffin.com\/weblog\/?p=1119"},"modified":"2015-07-09T13:09:51","modified_gmt":"2015-07-09T20:09:51","slug":"banality-evil-bill-cosby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/davidraffin.com\/weblog\/banality-evil-bill-cosby\/","title":{"rendered":"Banality + evil = Bill Cosby"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>This is my official stance on Bill Cosby:<br \/>\n<\/b><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><i>I never enjoyed Bill Cosby.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.kcci.com\/national\/cosby-admits-getting-drugs-to-use-on-women-for-sex\/34028588\">His act always put me to sleep.<\/a><\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is my official stance on Bill Cosby: I never enjoyed Bill Cosby. 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