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Maybe he&#8217;s rehabilitated himself, but when you can say, &#8220;They built the Supermax Prison because of me,&#8221; then you may as well accept the fact you, &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/you-sir-are-bad-ass-23-hours-a-day\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;You, Sir, Are Bad-Ass: 23 Hours A Day&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[998],"tags":[1043],"class_list":["post-5343","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-you-sir-are-bad-ass","tag-thomas-silverstein"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4C7K-1ob","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5989,"url":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/you-sir-are-bad-ass-doggie-style","url_meta":{"origin":5343,"position":0},"title":"You, Sir, Are Bad-Ass: Doggie Style","author":"Gil","date":"May 12, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"My greyhounds get skittish when I stand behind them at the top of the stairs, so I can't imagine strapping one to my chest and making a jump from 30,100 feet: You, sir (and your dog), are bad-ass. 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