{"id":433,"date":"2020-06-10T08:16:17","date_gmt":"2020-06-10T12:16:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/imjustsayin.live\/?p=433"},"modified":"2025-08-22T02:17:57","modified_gmt":"2025-08-22T06:17:57","slug":"i-thought-this-might-bring-an-amused-smile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/imjustsayin.live\/index.php\/2020\/06\/10\/i-thought-this-might-bring-an-amused-smile\/","title":{"rendered":"I thought this might bring an &#8216;amused&#8217; smile"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div class=\"WordSection1\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: normal; background: #FEFEFE;\"><b><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-variant: small-caps; color: #262626;\">Racetrack ordered shut after holding races to near-capacity crowds<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"center\">I thought this might bring an &#8216;amused&#8217; smile &#8230; I couldn&#8217;t help a small smile \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"Picture_x0020_1\" src=\"https:\/\/imjustsayin.live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/image001.jpg\" alt=\"Spectators attended races at ACE Speedway in North Carolina, defying state orders.\" width=\"624\" height=\"350\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8.65pt; line-height: normal; background: #FEFEFE;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; color: #262626;\">\u00a0Its most recent gathering,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wfmynews2.com\/article\/news\/health\/coronavirus\/ace-speedway-holds-race-despite-coopers-request-for-sheriff-johnson-to-enforce-phase-2-executive-order\/83-5f0ed3cf-c429-4fdd-89ae-c6a91619177e\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #006598; text-decoration: none;\">according to CNN affiliate WFMY<\/span><\/a>, wasn&#8217;t promoted as a race, but a &#8220;peaceful protest of injustice and inequality everywhere.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8.65pt; line-height: normal; background: #FEFEFE;\"><span style=\"font-size: 8.5pt; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; color: #262626;\">Protests have been\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2020\/06\/06\/us\/us-george-floyd-protests-saturday\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #006598; text-decoration: none;\">taking place in cities across the US<\/span><\/a>and around the world, sparked by<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Racetrack ordered shut after holding races to near-capacity crowds I thought this might bring an &#8216;amused&#8217; smile &#8230; I couldn&#8217;t help a small smile \ud83d\ude42 \u00a0Its most recent gathering,\u00a0according to CNN affiliate WFMY, wasn&#8217;t promoted as a race, but a &#8220;peaceful protest of injustice and inequality everywhere.&#8221; Protests have been\u00a0taking place in cities across the &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/imjustsayin.live\/index.php\/2020\/06\/10\/i-thought-this-might-bring-an-amused-smile\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;I thought this might bring an &#8216;amused&#8217; smile&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-433","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-current-events"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/imjustsayin.live\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/433","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/imjustsayin.live\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/imjustsayin.live\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imjustsayin.live\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imjustsayin.live\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=433"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/imjustsayin.live\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/433\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":435,"href":"https:\/\/imjustsayin.live\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/433\/revisions\/435"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/imjustsayin.live\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=433"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imjustsayin.live\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=433"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imjustsayin.live\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=433"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}