I think the phrase is "sympathetic magic".

You know, take an umbrella if it looks like rain, and it won't rain, but if you didn't you'd get soaked.

So my first reaction on seeing this was: "But it will."

Healthcare Reform Named After Ted Kennedy Must Not Suck.

I suspect that the naming of things is still has power.

"We have decided to wait until the Russians send the money."

BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan (AP) — Kyrgyzstan's parliament will delay a vote on expelling U.S. troops from an important base there until it receives $450 million in aid and loans promised by Russia, a lawmaker said Monday.

This makes me laugh.

You couldn't make this stuff up if you tried.

Roland Burris Has Already Constructed His Terrifying Death Chamber

Governor Blagojevich has a sense of humor, that's for sure.

(via doubleplusundead)

So just who is threatening you, Congressman?

Back at his home, Emanuel appeared "beet-red," according to an ABC News cameraman who was invited inside by Emanuel to use his bathroom this morning.

"I'm getting regular death threats. You've put my home address on national television. I'm pissed at the networks. You've intruded too much, " Emanuel said, according to the cameraman.

I'm thinking that cameraman is going to need a porta-john from now on, though.

This looks pretty bad. Of course, if the congressman would quit farking lying through his teeth, maybe the reporters would farking go away.

But maybe not. Jeez, and I thought it was going to take till the summer for Obama's administration to screw up.

Dude, there are sharks circling, and you are the crew of the Indianapolis. And you farking did it to yourself, you silly retread.

You just had to lie about it.

You. Just. Had. To.

Tell 'em, Ed.

Yeah, that's it. It's the fault of the British!

The cholera outbreak in Zimbabwe which has left hundreds dead was caused by the UK, an ally of Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe has said.
Information Minister Sikhanyiso Ndlovu described the outbreak as a "genocidal onslaught on the people of Zimbabwe by the British".

So I'm guessing here that Mugabe and his minions have decided on the Let's-tell-the-biggest-farking-whoppers-possible approach to this crisis.

If you wrote this up as a novel, people would make fun of you at how stupid it sounds.

THE INTERNET IS A FEARSOME THING.

And American Digest proves it.

And as he says, "It's not the crime, its the cover up."

And as I said in comments elsewhere, Obama and his team better get their heads out of their collective butts on this one becuase it will dog them.

And now it is, with stupid crap like this. How stupid are they? And how stupid do they think we are?

The Chicago Way.

Illinois Gov. Rod R. Blagojevich and his Chief of Staff, John Harris, were arrested today by FBI agents on federal corruption charges alleging that they and others are engaging in ongoing criminal activity: conspiring to obtain personal financial benefits for Blagojevich by leveraging his sole authority to appoint a United States Senator; threatening to withhold substantial state assistance to the Tribune Company in connection with the sale of Wrigley Field to induce the firing of Chicago Tribune editorial board members sharply critical of Blagojevich; and to obtain campaign contributions in exchange for official actions – both historically and now in a push before a new state ethics law takes effect January 1, 2009.

Well, that didn't take long. Now, if the reports are true, and Rahm Emanuel tipped off the Feds, then this gets all sorts of interesting.

"Hello Mr. Fitzpatrick. I got a present for you; the governor of Illinois. Now, be a nice chap and don't bother looking any deeper into what Mr. Rezko knows. Capishe?"