{"id":2676,"date":"2011-05-27T08:58:46","date_gmt":"2011-05-27T14:58:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=2676"},"modified":"2011-05-27T20:05:32","modified_gmt":"2011-05-28T02:05:32","slug":"witches-and-politics-nigerian-style","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=2676","title":{"rendered":"Witches and Politics, Nigerian Style"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Imagine reading<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sunnewsonline.com\/webpages\/news\/national\/2011\/may\/27\/national-27-05-2011-005.html\"> this article<\/a> with the names changed.<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s see&#8230;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The Witches and Wizards Association of America (WITZAA), has deployed  500 witches to Washington and other parts of\u00a0 the East Coast to prevent any  tragic occurrence and ensure peaceful inauguration on January 15.<\/p>\n<p>According to its national co-ordinator, Dr.\u00a0 Raven Moonstone, the  decision was taken after an emergency meeting at Salem, Mass. WITZAA also warned President Tim Pawlenty to take adequate  security as bad \u00a0people and disgruntled politicians are planning to  cause problems.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>It would really spice up the writing at blogs like <a href=\"http:\/\/paolitics.pagannewswirecollective.com\/\">Pagan + Politics<\/a>, no? (Did you ever notice the typo in their URL?) [UPDATE: At least the URL has been repaired.]<\/p>\n<p>Apparently Dr. Iboi has learned <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sunnewsonline.com\/webpages\/news\/national\/2011\/may\/27\/national-27-05-2011-005.html\">to herd at least some cats<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Imagine reading this article with the names changed. Let&#8217;s see&#8230; The Witches and Wizards Association of America (WITZAA), has deployed 500 witches to Washington and other parts of\u00a0 the East Coast to prevent any tragic occurrence and ensure peaceful inauguration on January 15. According to its national co-ordinator, Dr.\u00a0 Raven Moonstone, the decision was taken [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[22],"class_list":["post-2676","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-weirdness"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6xQTg-Ha","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":10216,"url":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=10216","url_meta":{"origin":2676,"position":0},"title":"Russian Witches Work Magically for Putin","author":"Chas S. 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