{"id":63053,"date":"2017-05-09T10:10:41","date_gmt":"2017-05-09T15:10:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=63053"},"modified":"2017-05-09T10:23:23","modified_gmt":"2017-05-09T15:23:23","slug":"pledge-week-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=63053","title":{"rendered":"Pledge Week!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s time once again for my annual pledge drive.<\/p>\n<form action=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/cgi-bin\/webscr\" method=\"post\"><\/form>\n<form action=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/cgi-bin\/webscr\" method=\"post\"><input name=\"cmd\" type=\"hidden\" value=\"_s-xclick\" \/> <input alt=\"PayPal - The safer, easier way to pay online!\" name=\"submit\" src=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/en_US\/i\/btn\/btn_donate_SM.gif\" type=\"image\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/en_US\/i\/scr\/pixel.gif\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/> <input name=\"encrypted\" type=\"hidden\" value=\"-----BEGIN PKCS7-----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-----END PKCS7----- \" \/><\/form>\n<form action=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/cgi-bin\/webscr\" method=\"post\">&#8216;m not going to go all Andrew Sullivan and say &#8220;If I don&#8217;t raise $80K, the blog will have to shut down&#8221;. \u00a0As I&#8217;ve said before &#8211; 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