{"id":11372,"date":"2008-10-16T10:07:25","date_gmt":"2008-10-16T07:07:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/?p=11372"},"modified":"2009-09-18T23:13:08","modified_gmt":"2009-09-18T21:13:08","slug":"burn-after-reading","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2008\/10\/16\/burn-after-reading\/","title":{"rendered":"Burn After Reading"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- google_ad_section_start -->\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0887883\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"11373\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2008\/10\/16\/burn-after-reading\/burn_after_reading\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/burn_after_reading.jpg?fit=266%2C400&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"266,400\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Burn After Reading\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/burn_after_reading.jpg?fit=266%2C400&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11373 aligncenter\" title=\"Burn After Reading\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/burn_after_reading.jpg?resize=266%2C400&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"266\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/burn_after_reading.jpg?w=266&amp;ssl=1 266w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/burn_after_reading.jpg?resize=199%2C300&amp;ssl=1 199w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 266px) 100vw, 266px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I went to see &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0887883\/\">Burn After Reading<\/a>&#8221; 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