{"id":5598,"date":"2013-06-11T23:45:23","date_gmt":"2013-06-12T05:45:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=5598"},"modified":"2013-06-11T13:46:42","modified_gmt":"2013-06-11T19:46:42","slug":"sky-full-of-saucers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=5598","title":{"rendered":"Sky Full of Saucers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I watched <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ironsky.net\/site\/\"><em>Iron Sky <\/em><\/a>last night \u2014 and then this:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fBGSJ3sbivI\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Must be a meme here somewhere.<\/p>\n<p>You can crowd-fund<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ironsky.net\/\"> the sequel to <em>Iron Sky<\/em>.<\/a>\u00a0 This is all part of my appreciation of homegrown Finnish films \u2014 they are<a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt1401143\/\"> rare exports<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I watched Iron Sky last night \u2014 and then this: Must be a meme here somewhere. 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