{"id":55041,"date":"2017-05-07T07:02:23","date_gmt":"2017-05-07T07:02:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/zenpundit.com\/?p=55041"},"modified":"2017-05-07T07:02:23","modified_gmt":"2017-05-07T07:02:23","slug":"sunday-surprise-paul-ryan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/?p=55041","title":{"rendered":"Sunday surprise: Paul Ryan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[ by <strong>Charles Cameron<\/strong> &#8212; Paul Ryan and friends, plus dogs, pants, tardigrades, and the quantum cat ]<br \/>\n.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Kyle Matthews<\/strong> provides his Twitter followers with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kylecmatthews\/status\/861077952565522432\">a fine example of a visual DoubleQuote<\/a>, which I&#8217;m reproducing here with the two images at the best magnification for Zenpundit:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/zenpundit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Paul-Ryan.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"301\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-55042\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Paul-Ryan.png 600w, https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Paul-Ryan-300x151.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/zenpundit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Dr-Evil.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-55043\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Dr-Evil.png 600w, https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Dr-Evil-300x150.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>If <strong>Paul Ryan<\/strong> and company were performing a re-enactment, they could scarcely have done a better job! <\/p>\n<p>**<\/p>\n<p>On a more serious note.. Paul Ryan gave a presentation of his health care plan, which <strong>CNN <\/strong>brings you complete, thus:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NREYTR5HUyA?ecver=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>**<\/p>\n<p>Less seriously again though, as <strong>Time <\/strong>reports, <a href=\"http:\/\/time.com\/4697016\/paul-ryan-healthcare-powerpoint-memes\/\">The Internet Is Having a Field Day Turning Paul Ryan&#8217;s Health Care PowerPoint Into Hilarious Memes<\/a>. This one in particular caught my eye:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"und\" dir=\"ltr\">? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/se0XRQUKig\">pic.twitter.com\/se0XRQUKig<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; jeff meltz tbh ? (@thecultureofme) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/thecultureofme\/status\/839884037271375872\">March 9, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>**<\/p>\n<p>Take a closer look at that slide. It&#8217;s amost a <strong>koan <\/strong>&#8212; <em>do dogs have pant-nature<\/em>?<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/zenpundit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/dog-pants-01-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"355\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-55046\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/dog-pants-01-1.jpg 600w, https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/dog-pants-01-1-300x178.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Sometimes imagining yourself into the scene helps solve the conundrum:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<blockquote><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/zenpundit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/dog-pants-02-1.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"339\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-55051\" \/><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Or applying it to another koan:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<blockquote><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/zenpundit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/dog-pants-03-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"372\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-55056\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/dog-pants-03-2.jpg 600w, https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/dog-pants-03-2-300x186.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Or applying it to the lovely but somewhat complex tardigrade..<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/zenpundit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/dog-pants-04-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"405\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-55057\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/dog-pants-04-2.jpg 600w, https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/dog-pants-04-2-300x203.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Hey, you could always reduce it to the quantum level..<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/zenpundit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/dog-pants-06.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"371\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-55075\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/dog-pants-06.jpg 600w, https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/dog-pants-06-300x186.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&#8212; probably &#8212; but not once the wave-form collapses..<\/p>\n<p>Canadians, however, got <a href=\"http:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2016\/01\/05\/well-this-answers-that-how-would-a-dog-wear-trousers-debate-5601577\/\">all practical and entrepreneurial<\/a>, with a company called <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/muddymutts.ca\/\">Muddy Mutts<\/a><\/strong>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/zenpundit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/dog-pants-07.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"435\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-55081\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/dog-pants-07.png 600w, https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/dog-pants-07-300x218.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Oh, and cute:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/zenpundit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/dog-pants-08.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-55082\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/dog-pants-08.jpg 600w, https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/dog-pants-08-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>**<\/p>\n<p>With any luck, I took your mind off politics for a moment there..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ by Charles Cameron &#8212; Paul Ryan and friends, plus dogs, pants, tardigrades, and the quantum cat ] . Kyle Matthews provides his Twitter followers with a fine example of a visual DoubleQuote, which I&#8217;m reproducing here with the two images at the best magnification for Zenpundit: If Paul Ryan and company were performing a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[526,627,850,371,705,739,187,251,32,946,1,657],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-55041","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-charles-cameron","category-doublequotes","category-health-care","category-humor","category-koan","category-nature","category-politics","category-republican-party","category-science","category-sunday-surprise","category-uncategorized","category-zen"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55041","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=55041"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55041\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":55083,"href":"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55041\/revisions\/55083"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=55041"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=55041"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=55041"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}