Capitol Hill staffers looking to use the facilities today were greeted by a multitude of hastily-printed signs around and in the restrooms reading, "DO NOT DRINK THE WATER IN HERE!"
A day before, all Congressional staff received written warning from the Architect of the Capitol that the water in the restroom sinks and drinking fountains was potentially contaminated with lead and therefore unsafe to drink.
One finds it difficult to refrain from the obvious quip; but more seriously, here is the heart of the imperial enterprise: we seek to re-order the entire world according to our Master Global Plan, yet the empire is literally rotting from within. Positively Brezhnevian...
