Important News

Associated Press - BOGOR, Indonesia - A renowned black magic practitioner performed a voodoo ritual Thursday to jinx President George W. Bush during his brief visit to Indonesia. Ki Gendeng Pamungkas slit the throat of a goat and a small snake and stabbed a black crow in the chest, then stirred their blood with spice and broccoli before drinking the potion and smearing it on his face.

He said the jinx would send spirits to possess Secret Service personnel guarding Bush and put them in a trance, leading them into falsely thinking the president was under attack, thus eventually causing chaos in Bogor Presidential Palace, where the American leader was scheduled to meet President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on Monday.

"I am doing voodoo, because other rituals would not work," Pamungkas told reporters at the end of the gory ceremony performed 1 kilometer from the palace.


Obviously, the voodoo priest did not know about the warning on bird flu.

Reuters - Benin - Priests who tear out the throats of live chickens in ritual sacrifices to voodoo gods may risk contracting bird flu now that the deadly virus has reached Africa. Voodoo priests in Benin, which borders Nigeria where an outbreak of the deadly H5N1 virus was found in poultry last week, sacrifice animals to invoke blessings or favours from the gods.

Benin Voodoo Priest ... Not the Prince of Bac Lieu

And speaking of voodoo,

Westmount, QC - Canada - All my phaenelopsis are in bloom or producing multiple bud spikes. There are so many of them that I'm running out of room on the window sills. But I'm not complaining. At least I don't have a voodoo curse on my ass.

Update:

Bush and Uncle Ho
Photo «submitted» by Stalker

My reply (to Bush, not to Stalker)