{"id":3751,"date":"2009-04-07T11:11:21","date_gmt":"2009-04-07T15:11:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?p=3751"},"modified":"2009-04-07T14:49:28","modified_gmt":"2009-04-07T18:49:28","slug":"whats-the-worst-that-could-happen-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/whats-the-worst-that-could-happen-2","title":{"rendered":"What’s the worst that could happen?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bob:<\/em> Our big biotech industry conference<\/a> always attracts waves of moonbat-crazy protesters. Remember that time in San Francisco when they wore riot gear, dived under the buses that were carrying attendees to the convention center, and screamed at attendees with bullhorns?<\/p>\n

Irv:<\/em> Sure! And what about the time the policeman had a fatal heart attack<\/a> during protests in Philadelphia? That was terrible! I hope nothing like that happens again!<\/p>\n

Oscar:<\/em> Hey, guys! I just invited Karl Rove to speak on a panel at this year’s conference<\/a>!<\/p>\n

(I’m thinking of making this an occasional series, too. Maybe enough wrong-ass stuff will crop up every week that I can justify making it my Thursday post. My big decision: do I keep it as “What’s the worst that could happen?” or relaunch it as “I see nothing that could go wrong with this plan!”)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Bob: Our big biotech industry conference always attracts waves of moonbat-crazy protesters. Remember that time in San Francisco when they wore riot gear, dived under the buses that were carrying attendees to the convention center, and screamed at attendees with bullhorns? Irv: Sure! And what about the time the policeman had a fatal heart attack … <\/p>\n

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