{"id":8275,"date":"2022-07-03T15:35:53","date_gmt":"2022-07-03T22:35:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/capnbob.us\/blog\/?p=8275"},"modified":"2022-07-03T17:59:49","modified_gmt":"2022-07-04T00:59:49","slug":"independence-day-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/capnbob.us\/blog\/2022\/07\/03\/independence-day-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Independence Day 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/capnbob.us\/graphics\/imageview.php?image=http:\/\/capnbob.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/20220702-cherry-reds-and-flag.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/capnbob.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/20220702-cherry-reds-and-flag.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-8276\" srcset=\"http:\/\/capnbob.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/20220702-cherry-reds-and-flag.jpg 1200w, http:\/\/capnbob.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/20220702-cherry-reds-and-flag-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/capnbob.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/20220702-cherry-reds-and-flag-1024x683.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/capnbob.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/20220702-cherry-reds-and-flag-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Happy 246th Birthday to our great Nation &#8211; America the Beautiful! May God&#8217;s blessings continue to flow throughout the land! Damsel and I wish you a peaceful and Happy Independence Day!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/babylonbee.com\/news\/flash-flood-warnings-issued-liberal-tears-continue-soak-nation\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Babylon Bee Headline<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote style=\"font-size: 1.6em;\"><p>Flash Flood Warnings Issued As<\/p>\n<p>Liberal Tears Continue To Soak Nation<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Although the BEE headline is tongue-in-cheek, there are some seriously anguished folks out there in the wake of <strong>Dobbs<\/strong> and <strong>Bruen<\/strong> SCOTUS rulings. So, keep safe and watch your 6 if you are in a place where violence may occur during the holiday.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;re safe at our little home in the desert and have plans for a 4th of July BBQ by grilling Steaks and serving them with Fauxtato Salad* and Beans on the side. We figure to have a safe and sane holiday here at home.<\/p>\n<p>In the highly unlikely event that trouble comes calling, we&#8217;re in a Constitutional Carry place and are perpetually prepared for such eventualities. We just don&#8217;t post about our equipment, preparations and practice sessions any longer. Nobody needs to know what we have and how many.<\/p>\n<p>Take care and enjoy the holiday.<\/p>\n<p>Photo at the top: <a href=\"http:\/\/capnbob.us\/blog\/2022\/06\/24\/2022-cherry-red-cactus-flowers-now-opening\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Cherry Red Cactus Flowers<\/a> and Old Glory. Courtesy Damsel. Click to enlarge.<\/p>\n<p>* A Keto diet salad with cauliflower instead of actual potatoes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Happy 246th Birthday to our great Nation &#8211; America the Beautiful! May God&#8217;s blessings continue to flow throughout the land! Damsel and I wish you a&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":190,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[70,72,73,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8275","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-arizona","category-flowers","category-holidays","category-patriotism"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/capnbob.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8275","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/capnbob.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/capnbob.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/capnbob.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/190"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/capnbob.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8275"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"http:\/\/capnbob.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8275\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8290,"href":"http:\/\/capnbob.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8275\/revisions\/8290"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/capnbob.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8275"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/capnbob.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8275"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/capnbob.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8275"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}