{"id":44695,"date":"2013-05-20T00:03:21","date_gmt":"2013-05-20T07:03:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/markshea\/?p=44695"},"modified":"2014-12-29T23:14:50","modified_gmt":"2014-12-30T06:14:50","slug":"or-how-about-instead-irs-you-go-to-hell-yeah-i-like-that-better-go-to-hell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/markshea\/2013\/05\/or-how-about-instead-irs-you-go-to-hell-yeah-i-like-that-better-go-to-hell.html","title":{"rendered":"Or how about instead, IRS, you go to hell?  Yeah.  I like that better.  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