{"id":10162,"date":"2017-03-12T00:31:07","date_gmt":"2017-03-12T05:31:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/?p=10162"},"modified":"2017-03-12T18:14:50","modified_gmt":"2017-03-12T22:14:50","slug":"which-train-crash-is-better","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/2017\/03\/12\/which-train-crash-is-better\/","title":{"rendered":"Which Train Crash is Better?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/It-is-absurd-to-expect-governments-to-descend-gradually-step-by-step-into-barbarism-\u2013-as-if-there-was-a-train-schedule-to-political-hell-and-people-could-get-off-at-any-stop-along-the-way3-SMALLER.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-10174\" src=\"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/It-is-absurd-to-expect-governments-to-descend-gradually-step-by-step-into-barbarism-\u2013-as-if-there-was-a-train-schedule-to-political-hell-and-people-could-get-off-at-any-stop-along-the-way3-SMALLER-800x496.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"465\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/It-is-absurd-to-expect-governments-to-descend-gradually-step-by-step-into-barbarism-\u2013-as-if-there-was-a-train-schedule-to-political-hell-and-people-could-get-off-at-any-stop-along-the-way3-SMALLER.jpg 800w, https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/It-is-absurd-to-expect-governments-to-descend-gradually-step-by-step-into-barbarism-\u2013-as-if-there-was-a-train-schedule-to-political-hell-and-people-could-get-off-at-any-stop-along-the-way3-SMALLER-150x93.jpg 150w, https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/It-is-absurd-to-expect-governments-to-descend-gradually-step-by-step-into-barbarism-\u2013-as-if-there-was-a-train-schedule-to-political-hell-and-people-could-get-off-at-any-stop-along-the-way3-SMALLER-768x476.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>March 12 &#8211; here&#8217;s another variation on the Canva design &#8211;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/It-is-absurd-to-expect-governments-to-descend-gradually-step-by-step-into-barbarism-\u2013-as-if-there-33way2_edited-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-10172\" src=\"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/It-is-absurd-to-expect-governments-to-descend-gradually-step-by-step-into-barbarism-\u2013-as-if-there-33way2_edited-1-800x502.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"775\" height=\"486\" 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https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/It-is-absurd-to-expect-governments-to-descend-gradually-step-by-step-into-barbarism-\u2013-as-if-there-was-a-train-schedule-to-political-hell-and-people-could-get-off-at-any-stop-alonedited-1-150x95.jpg 150w, https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/It-is-absurd-to-expect-governments-to-descend-gradually-step-by-step-into-barbarism-\u2013-as-if-there-was-a-train-schedule-to-political-hell-and-people-could-get-off-at-any-stop-alonedited-1-768x489.jpg 768w, https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/It-is-absurd-to-expect-governments-to-descend-gradually-step-by-step-into-barbarism-\u2013-as-if-there-was-a-train-schedule-to-political-hell-and-people-could-get-off-at-any-stop-alonedited-1.jpg 885w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 678px) 100vw, 678px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>OR OR OR &#8211;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/jpb-quote-from-Idle-Hearts-it-is-absurd-to-expect-governments-to-descend-gradually-stepbystep-into-barbarism.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10164\" src=\"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/jpb-quote-from-Idle-Hearts-it-is-absurd-to-expect-governments-to-descend-gradually-stepbystep-into-barbarism.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"620\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/jpb-quote-from-Idle-Hearts-it-is-absurd-to-expect-governments-to-descend-gradually-stepbystep-into-barbarism.jpg 620w, https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/jpb-quote-from-Idle-Hearts-it-is-absurd-to-expect-governments-to-descend-gradually-stepbystep-into-barbarism-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>quote is from <a 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