{"id":66739,"date":"2016-07-08T13:26:26","date_gmt":"2016-07-08T17:26:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=66739"},"modified":"2016-07-08T13:26:26","modified_gmt":"2016-07-08T17:26:26","slug":"weekend-open-thread-126","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=66739","title":{"rendered":"Weekend open thread"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><a href=\"http:\/\/photography.nationalgeographic.com\/photography\/photo-of-the-day\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-66740\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/skye-scotland-seal_95219_990x742-444x333.jpg?resize=444%2C333\" alt=\"skye-scotland-seal_95219_990x742\" width=\"444\" height=\"333\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-66740\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/skye-scotland-seal_95219_990x742.jpg?resize=444%2C333&amp;ssl=1 444w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/skye-scotland-seal_95219_990x742.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/skye-scotland-seal_95219_990x742.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/skye-scotland-seal_95219_990x742.jpg?resize=400%2C300&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/skye-scotland-seal_95219_990x742.jpg?w=990&amp;ssl=1 990w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 444px) 100vw, 444px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Water&#8217;s Fine<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Photograph by Igor Mohoric Bonca, National Geographic Your Shot<\/em><\/p>\n<p>A seal readies itself to dive into the waters near Dunvegan Castle on Scotland\u2019s Isle of Skye. The pinnipeds are abundant along Scotland\u2019s coastline\u2014and can be quite photogenic.<\/center><\/p>\n<p>The Dutch Rudder Club has a new tactic &#8211; they&#8217;re recruiting membership. <a href=\"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=23035\">Joe Cryer<\/a> alerted us that he&#8217;s filing a law suit against us. Cryer said that <a href=\"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=38816\">Daniel Bernath<\/a> is his lawyer, even though Bernath is not a lawyer. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=64327\">Ric Bucklew<\/a> filed a law suit against us in Mineral County, WV for libel and slander (not understanding the terms). It&#8217;s not going to go his way. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=48440\">Robin Mitchell<\/a> became aware of the club this week, though he hasn&#8217;t joined yet. Since they&#8217;re all falsely claiming to be SEALs, I posted a picture of a real seal for them to compare.<\/p>\n<p>I need a beer &#8211; have at it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Water&#8217;s Fine Photograph by Igor Mohoric Bonca, National Geographic Your Shot A seal readies itself to dive into the waters near Dunvegan Castle on Scotland\u2019s Isle of Skye. The pinnipeds are abundant along Scotland\u2019s coastline\u2014and can be quite photogenic. The Dutch Rudder Club has a new tactic &#8211; they&#8217;re recruiting membership. 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