{"id":439,"date":"2008-08-18T21:06:29","date_gmt":"2008-08-19T02:06:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/?p=439"},"modified":"2008-08-18T22:30:21","modified_gmt":"2008-08-19T03:30:21","slug":"watching-for-russian-bears","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/2008\/08\/18\/watching-for-russian-bears\/","title":{"rendered":"Watching for Russian Bears"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"stalking\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3235\/2776282050_591b2641c8.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Since\u00a0the American media seems to think that Russia is the new peril, I figured I should practice stalking bears.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s another angle of the same lake.\u00a0\u00a0 Looks suspiciously tranquil, if you ask me.\u00a0 Plus, alcohol was banned in the area &#8211; a classic warning sign of an Islamist conspiracy.\u00a0 (Another warning sign: I didn&#8217;t see any pig roasts within half a mile).<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"tranquil\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3032\/2776282046_8b0d406a6b.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The full size version of both photos is available at my <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/bovard\/\"><strong>Flickr page here<\/strong>.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since\u00a0the American media seems to think that Russia is the new peril, I figured I should practice stalking bears. 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