{"id":9477,"date":"2010-05-20T11:53:07","date_gmt":"2010-05-20T09:53:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?p=9477"},"modified":"2010-05-20T11:53:34","modified_gmt":"2010-05-20T09:53:34","slug":"ponzi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?p=9477","title":{"rendered":"Ponzi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=10534699&amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;show_title=0&amp;show_byline=0&amp;show_portrait=0&amp;color=ffffff&amp;fullscreen=1\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/10534699\">Ponzi<\/a> from <a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/strikeanywhere\">Strike Anywhere<\/a> on <a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\">Vimeo<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>An awesome animation  by Wes Ball and Justin Barber, about Mr Ponzi and his money making scheme!<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"> Sponsored by <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fashionoptics.gr\/\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"> Fashion Optics<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ponzi from Strike Anywhere on Vimeo. An awesome animation by Wes Ball and Justin Barber, about Mr Ponzi and his money making scheme! 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