{"id":2519,"date":"2017-12-14T16:28:12","date_gmt":"2017-12-14T21:28:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jordanbarab.com\/confinedspace\/?p=2519"},"modified":"2017-12-14T16:37:31","modified_gmt":"2017-12-14T21:37:31","slug":"bloody-bandages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jordanbarab.com\/confinedspace\/2017\/12\/14\/bloody-bandages\/","title":{"rendered":"Red Tape or More Bloody Bandages"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From Donald Trump today:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">In 1960, there were approximately 20,000 pages in the Code of Federal Regulations. Today there are over 185,000 pages, as seen in the Roosevelt Room.<\/p>\n<p>Today, we CUT THE RED TAPE! It is time to SET FREE OUR DREAMS and MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/teAVNzjvcx\">pic.twitter.com\/teAVNzjvcx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/941406242785955841?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 14, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>And from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hazards.org\/index.htm\">Hazards Magazine<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2520 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/jordanbarab.com\/confinedspace\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/RedTape.jpg\" alt=\"Red Tape\" width=\"583\" height=\"834\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jordanbarab.com\/confinedspace\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/RedTape.jpg 583w, https:\/\/jordanbarab.com\/confinedspace\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/RedTape-210x300.jpg 210w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 583px) 100vw, 583px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From Donald Trump today: In 1960, there were approximately 20,000 pages in the Code of Federal Regulations. 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Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2519","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-regulations"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Regulations or More Bloody Bandages<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Regulations or More Bloody Bandages\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link 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