Ok… this is a feedwordpress issue. It looks more and more like their syndicated_item_excerpt code is horked. I’ll go ahead and close this and take it up w/ them.
Ok… in the mysql database in the wp_post table, there is a column called post_excerpt where the post is stripped down. It looks like when this is happening, it’s not properly stripping away everything it should be and it leaves the entire post intact. So when it loads on the page… that’s what happens. Still not exactly sure why though that it’s failing. I’ll try looking into it a bit more.
scratch that, I figured it out. I’m a tard.
For some reason, my resolv.conf was all out of whack. 🙁